When "Big Nasty" at "Beast Level" Chews You Up and Spits You Out

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Account The Cheat is the biggest free flowing (undammed) watershed in the East. With severe thunderstorms multiple days prior, including the night before, this is the Big Nasty Rapid at Cheat's "The Beast of the East" level. Rafting is via a "wild side" small raft - Yeah there is a raft. We held our own here in this section, but see "Why Called 'The Beast of the East' River and "Big Nasty" rapids" photo & "When 'Big Nasty' at 'Beast Level' Chews you up and spits you out" photos when things got even more interesting. The Cheat is the biggest free flowing (undammed) watershed in the East. With severe thunderstorms multiple days prior, including the night before, this is the Big Nasty Rapid at Cheat's "The Beast of the East" level. Rafting is via a "wild side" small raft. This is what the grand-daddy of all hydrolics on the Cheat (and of most other rivers in the east), "Big Nasty" itself, does to rafts (any almost all the larger rafts that went before us this run) - "Chews you up and spits you out!" Yeah we did hold our own until we hit this 6-8 foot massive wall of water. See "Prelude to 'Big Nasty Hydrolic' at Cheat's 'Beast of the East'level" photo and "Why Called 'The Beast of the East' River and "Big Nasty" rapids" photo & us before we met "Mr. Big Nasty" at "Beast Level".

For the full-sized version of this photo, click here. The Cheat is the biggest free flowing (undammed) watershed in the East. With severe thunderstorms multiple days prior, including the night before, this is the Big Nasty Rapid at Cheat's "The Beast of the East" level. Rafting is via a "wild side" small raft. This is what the grand-daddy of all hydrolics on the Cheat (and of most other rivers in teh east), "Big Nasty" itself, does to rafts (any almost all the larger rafts that went before us this run) - "Chews you up and spits you out!" Yeah we did hold our own until we hit this 6-8 foot massive wall of water. See "Prelude to 'Big Nasty Hydrolic' at Cheat's 'Beast of the East'level" photo and "Why Called 'The Beast of the East' River and "Big Nasty" rapids" photo & us before we met "Mr. Big Nasty" at "Beast Level".

Time 2004-05-22 20:00:00 GMT
Reported Date 5-22-04
River Reported Cheat
Reporter
Author Of Report
Kurt Williams
Tabernacle, NJ
River
Reported Level 5.75 & rising
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Prelude to "Big Nasty Hydrolic" at Cheat's "Beast of the East" level

Detail Trip Report  Prelude to "Big Nasty Hydrolic" at Cheat's "Beast of the East" level  Cheat, WV(78.14KB .jpeg)

Big Nasty at "Beast Level"

Detail Trip Report  Big Nasty at "Beast Level"  Cheat, WV(35.64KB .jpeg)

When "Big Nasty" at "Beast Level" Chews You Up and Spits You Out

Detail Trip Report  When "Big Nasty" at "Beast Level" Chews You Up and Spits You Out  Cheat, WV(82.01KB .jpeg)


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