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LVMTV catches Jason Hale on his first day in town.
What:Green Race 2007...more water
When: Saturday, November 3rd, 2007-High Noon
Where: Green River Narrows, Green River, North Carolina
Why: Because the water level may be coming up
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LVMTV gets Pat Keller, Nick Urquhart, and Adrian Levkenett in the office to talk about the 2007 Green Race. Jason Hale also calls in to straighten out the facts. Check in for more Green Race updates over the next few weeks.
What:Green Race 2007
When: Saturday, November 3rd, 2007-High Noon
Where: Green River Narrows, Green River, North Carolina
Why: Because it is the greatest show in sports
Email lvmvideo@gmail.com with any Green Race questions.
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The Petite Mecatina Part 2
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Day 4
Waking up after a night of gale force winds and Billy losing his spray skirt it was bound to be an adventurous day. Luckily for Billy, this was probably the best river to lose your spray skirt on due to the pool drop character of the river. The days started off with the worst hole ever and continued on from there, we had 20 miles to go.
About 15 miles from the ocean, our final destination, the river split like none of us had ever seen before. We chose left and continued down an awesome gorge. Even though the river split, it was still a big river with about 7,000 cfs and it was all drop until the ocean. The 1st rapid after the split had a great standing wave below it and the 3rd, a giant hole.
Finally we had almost reached the ocean when the river split once again. This time our options were at 30+-foot waterfall or a giant slide. The group split up and barely made it through.
The waterfall was about 30 feet (more depending on the tide) which some of the boys ran.
The remainder of the group headed over to the slide, which Willie Kern ran first. It looked like a nice clean fast slide, but at the bottom of it there was a nasty hole that stopped him right in his tracks. Next Boomer, Joe Barkley, and Billy Murphy ran the slide, which at the end he got the beatdowns of all beatdowns. After battling the evil hole, Billy finally got flushed out to the ocean and made it safely to land.
Night 4
At the bottom of the river we spend the night and celebrated over the safe and successful completion of the Petite Mecatina. In the morning we would meet our water taxi and start our long journey home.
Day 5
We woke up and paddled out to the ocean to meet our water taxi, which met right on time. We were greeted with hot coffee and homemade biscuits, which was a wonderful treat.
After a 1 hour 20 minute boat ride, we arrived in Harrington Harbor grateful that we did not have to paddle there and helped the boat crew unload a bunch of wood as our taxi fee. Once in the harbor were informed that the ferry was running 7 hour late. We would just have to wait it out for 12 hours.
Harrington Harbor was a small town where no cars were allowed and you were only allowed to walk on planks, in order to protect the vegetation that takes almost 50 years to grow back.
At 11:00 PM the ferry finally arrived and we all climbed aboard. Due to the same storm that delayed the ferry in the first place, delayed us once again and the ferry spent the night in the port to wait out the storm. At around 8:00 AM the ferry finally left port and head to Natashquan. After spending the night on the ferry, we still had a 12-hour ride to get us to our cars. Now the storm may have past, but we were left with 30-foot seas that rocked the 220-foot ship all day long. Lets just say, we have never seen or heard so many people simultaneously puking-ever. It was by far the longest 12-hour ride any of us had ever experienced.
12 hours later we finally arrived at our cars and had a 16 hour drive to make it back to Montreal-it was time to put the peddle to the metal. The crew was split up between Pat Camblinâs car and Willie Kernâs car, one heading to Vermont and the other heading to Montreal. Unfortunately along the way Willieâs car broke down, but they managed to turn it over and get it running just in time before it got towed away.
Eventually we all made it to airports (who ever needed to be at least) 12 hours behind schedule. Some were able to get home that day still, other were not so lucky.
The group agree that the Petite Mecatina is one of the top 5 river destinations.
Look for the full Petite Mecatina story on LVM 24-âDoes A Fat Dog Fart When You Kick It?â- Available November 2007.
On September 16th Tommy Hilleke, Fred Corriell, Eric Boomer, Willie Kern, Anthony Yap, Pat Camblin, John Grace, Billy Murphy, and Joe Barkley embarked on a long journey to the Mecatina River in Quebec Canada.
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Getting to the River
The trip began with a 17 hour drive from Montreal to Natashquan, Quebec; from there, a float plane would carry us 120 miles above the main gorges of the Mecatina and land on a small lake. After 3 trips, the floatplane had successfully brought us in, far far away from any means of civilization.
Day 1
After the floatplane ride, it was time start the decent of the Mecatina-a 120 mile river with deep gorges that had yet been explored and ends in the ocean. In the beginning, we guessed that the river was somewhere close to 5,000 cfs, but everyday the guess moved closer to10,000 cfs. Due to the character of the river, it was hard to really tell what the flow was.
The next rapid in the gorge was the most hideous rapid any of us had seen yet-Brain Rapid. Most of the team decided to make a very rugged portage, while a few others decided to make a right ferry for you life. All ended up on the other side out of harms way. At this point it was time to set up camp and settle down for the night. For Willie, the night didn’t turn out so well when he fell into a crevice full of water while sleeping. 
