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BelchFire

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June 28, 2013 - 9:09 am

Calling all of my No. GA peeps! Who has kayaked (or canoed) the Etowah River mine tunnel? I have only recently been made aware of this and I'm BURNING UP to do it! Who has the locations to put in/take out and the closest campground when you do it? This looks SO AWESOME!

WHOOP WHOOP! 😀

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chrispycamper

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June 28, 2013 - 11:12 am

That looks awesome but I think I would wear my bike helmet, that's a low clearance!

BelchFire

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June 28, 2013 - 1:22 pm

Chrispy, I thought the same thing. I watched several videos and NO ONE wore a helmet. The tunnel is only 7 feet and one writeup said that you'll "quickly learn that a paddle is mostly good for knocking your teeth out."

Man, it just sounds so awesomely intense!

GA Judy

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June 28, 2013 - 2:46 pm

Only that one guy from the research group had a head lamp and wore a helmet. WOW! That's a cool paddle. It looks like I would only have to steer and the current would pull me along. What a thrill. It's in Dawson County. I'll look up more info. ;D

jmcclung11

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June 28, 2013 - 4:05 pm

Awesome!

Fire Captain Jim

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June 28, 2013 - 9:58 pm

Hey belch, My former Battalion Chief is a avid kayaker. I am visiting family in western North Carolina. When O get bsck home in a few days. I will try to get you his information. He would be very knowledgable on this tunnel. Yes it does exists. FCJ

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