Accident Database

Report ID#67890

1999-01-01
accident date
Anonymous
victim
n/a
victim age
Chatooga
river
Section IV
section
Right Crack in the Rock
location
n/a
gage
Medium
water level
IV
river difficulty
Pinned in Boat against Rock or Sieve
cause code(s)
n/a
injury type(s)
n/a
factors
Private
trip type
Whitewater Kayak
boat type
status?
status

Description

Pass this information on to folks you know who might be running section 4 of the Chatooga, in Georgia: FROM: The Georgia Canoeing Association email list Regarding pinned boat – right crack, Chattooga River – Jan. 1, 1999. I have some disturbing second hand information ( Dusty Roberts via John Turk ) – two boats were pinned in right crack within minutes of each other. Right crack pinned and held both boats – at the same time. Both boats were extracted with much effort and probably Z drags. This incident happened a month or so ago. Right crack is beginning to sound as bad as left crack -take care.