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FEEL RUSH! drop. Section 4 is serious whitewater The Chattahoochee River has long The Classic Trip offes Class I-III rapids
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for advanced paddlers and rafters,
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9 a.m.-3 p.m. when the river is at low
including Five Falls, a set of five Class
been known for leisurely rafting and
flow. The Challenge Trip (Class III-V)
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IV-V rapids in a 1/3-mile stretch.
OFFER THRILLS GALORE
tubing, but that all changed in 2013
offers some of the biggest thrills on
when the “Longest Urban Whitewater
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n the early 1970s, Warner Brothers filmed
when a regular water release from the
Course in the World” (2.5 miles)
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a little movie called Deliverance on North
dam upstream increases water flow.
Manatee
Right Whale
anticipate the semi-annual release
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of Tallulah Gorge’s whitewater. On
adventurers’ experiences with treacherous
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rapids and far more dangerous locals earned
500 cubic feet of water per second
three Oscar nominations, kick-starting Georgia’s
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