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2012 Trip Schedule
(Updated May 6, 2012)

Credits

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Notice and Assumption of Risk:
Whitewater paddling is a risky outdoor sport. BRV is not responsible for any individual’s decision to participate in a trip, or for his or her decision to run any river or section of a river.

Please Note:

To add or change a trip listing:
Please email Mike Martin or call him at 301-263-0386.To add or change a trip on short notice, send a “reply all” e-mail to any “BRV this Week” email.

JAN

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUNE

JULY

AUG

SEPT

OCT

NOV

DEC

Date

Location

Difficulty1

Contact

January

Jan. 8.
(Sun. 10 a.m. - 3 p.m.)

2nd annual "Fun With Ropes" safety/rescue clinic.
Kinder Farm Park in Anne Arundel County

Open to all Charlie Dufy (with Tony Allred and Ron Ray)
703- 938-3949 (home)
703-407-0909 (cell)
Jan. 24 (Tues.) BRV Meeting   Rick Koller
TBA Winter thaw trips Dealer's choice Use email list.

FEBRUARY

Feb 17-19 (Sat.- Mon)
President's Day weekend
Lillydippers' Cabin Fever Float? Dealer's choice (PN-LI)

Use email list

Feb. 25 (Sat.)

Antietam Creek
Third annual BRV/CCA/MCC Antietam End of Winter Cruise

PN Jim Finucane
301-365-3485 (before 9 p.m.)

MARCH

Early March TBA

3rd Annual Couch Potatoes’ Spring Shakedown Cruise
(All hands on deck!)

PN-I/TBA

Jenny Thomas

March 11 (Sun.)
(Daylight Savings Time begins)

Dealer's Choice

  Rick Koller

March 13 (Tues.)

BRV Meeting

 

Rick Koller

March 25 (Sun.)

Rapp or Rapp tributary

LI

Hendrik van Oss

March 31-April 1 (Sat - Sun) Dealer's Choice   Instigator Needed

APRIL

April 7-8 (Sat - Sun) Bloomington Release/Dealer's Choice   Instigator Needed

April 14-15, 2012
(Fri - Sun)

Elk River Festival, Webster Springs, WV

(I-A)

Mike Martin

April 14 (Sat.)

Potomac Watershed Clean-Up

N-E

Kathleen Sengstock
301-649-3917

April 21-22 (Sat - Sun)

Bloomington Releases

LI/I

Gus Anderson & Larry Gladieux

April TBA

Stonycreek Basin/Dealer's Choice

HI Instigator Needed

MAY

May 5 or 6 (Sat - Sun) Shenandoah River
Newport to Luray family-friendly trip
N/PN

Ron Knipling

May 5-6 (Sat - Sun)

Bloomington Releases
(800 cfs, 9 a.m.-1 p.m. both days)

  Instigator Needed
May 12 (Sat.)

57th Annual CCA Downriver Race
Great Falls, MD to Sycamore Island

LI to A

Star Mitchell, 301-503-3252,

May 12-20 (Sat - Sun)

BRV/MCC Smokey Mountains Trip
(Trip is full at last report)

"Class 3/3+"

Richard Hopley

May 18-20 (Fri - Sun)

2012 Annual Benscreek Canoe Club Whitewater Rendezvous
Greenhouse Park, Johnstown, PA. (Guaranteed release from Quemahoning Reservoir, unless the river is naturally high.)
   
May 19-20 (Sat - Sun)

CCA River Kayak Beginners Class
ACA L1, L2, L3 Beginner/Novice
[03/22/12: class is now full]

Charlie Duffy, H 703-938-3949, C 703-407-0909

May 19-20 (Sat - Sun)

Bloomington Releases

LI/I

Instigator Needed

May 25-28

7th Annual Camper Memorial Day Paddlers' Free-For-All at Teeter's Campgound, Albright, WV

LI to A
(several trips daily)

Mike Martin, Daryl Hall &
Courtney Caldwell

May 25-28

Smoke Hole Camper

PN-LI?

Frank Fico

May TBA

Stonycreek Basin/Dealer's Choice

HI Instigator Needed

June

June 2-3 (Sat.-Sun)

Multi-Club SWR Class hosted by the CCC.
(expected schedule)     

 

Charlie Duffy, H 703-938-3949, C 703-407-0909

June 6-10 (Thurs.-Sun.)

ACA SWR L4 Instructor Certification IDW/ICE

 

Charlie Duffy, H 703-938-3949, C 703-407-0909

June 9 (Sat.) Dealers' Choice   Rick Koller
June 23-24 (Sat.-Sun)

Lower Yough Workout & Cheat Canyon for First-Timers 

 

Charlie Duffy, H 703-938-3949, C 703-407-0909

JULY

Early July TBA

Western NC Week of Rivers
Hosted by Carolina Canoe Club

N-HI

Ed Evangelidi

July 7-8 (Sat.-Sun)

CCA Whitewater Kayaking Class
ACA L4 - Novice/Intermediate      

N/I     

Charlie Duffy, H 703-938-3949, C 703-407-0909

July 21-22 (Sat.-Sun) CCA Swift Water Rescue Class,
ACA SWR L4
 

Charlie Duffy, H 703-938-3949, C 703-407-0909

July 28-29 (Sat.-Sun)

Kibler Valley River Run Festival
Dam release near Danville, VA

I

Ron Knipling

Late July/Early August

Potomac Watershed Clean-Up

N-E

Kathleen Sengstock
301-649-3917

AUGUST

Aug. 4 (Sat.)

BRV Moonlight Picnic at Violette's Lock

N/PN

Club Officers

Aug. 3-5
(Fri. - Sun)

Flood City Music Festival
Paddle, Camp, Party

PN-I
(whatever’s running near Johnston, PA)

Courtney Caldwell &
Ed Evangelidi

Aug. 8-13 (Fri.-Tues.)

ACA River Kayak Instructor Certification IDW/ICE
Charlie Duffy charlie_duffy@yahoo.com, H 703-938-3949, C 703-407-0909

   A       

Charlie Duffy, H 703-938-3949, C 703-407-0909

Aug. 11-12 (Sat.-Sun)

Lehigh Release

LI Instigator Needed
Aug. 25 (Sat.) CCA Canoe/Kayak Rumble  
  I        

Charlie Duffy, H 703-938-3949, C 703-407-0909

SEPTEMBER

Labor Day Weekend
Sept. 1-3

New River Rendezvous
(multi-club event)


All  

(usually Mike Sawyer - MCC, Ken Dubel - Coastals, and Charlie Duffy)

Sept. 15-16 (Sat - Sun)

Gauley Festival
New River Gorge and Lower Gauley

A

Charlie Duffy, H 703-938-3949, C 703-407-0909

Sept. TBA

Lehigh Releases

   

September TBA
(mid week)

BRV Meeting

  Rick Koller

OCTOBER

Columbus Day Weekend
Oct. 6-8

Annual New Jersey Pine Barrens Car Camper

N

Ed Evangelidi ?

Oct. 15 (Sat.)

Advanced SWR Exercise – Intermediate

I

Charlie Duffy, H 703-938-3949, C 703-407-0909

NOVEMBER

Nov. 3-4 ?
(Sat - Sun)

Annual Tohickon Creek trip

I

Courtney Caldwell

Veterans Day Weekend
Nov. 10-12

Eastern Shore Car Camper

N/PN

Ed Evangelidi

November TBA
(mid week)

BRV Meeting

  Rick Koller
 
Dec. 1 (Sat.) BRV Holiday Party   Mark Wray

Dec. - Jan. 2013 TBA

Central Florida Trips

N

Ed Evangelidi?

1 For river difficulty descriptions, see BRV's List of River Rankings and AW's International Scale of River Difficulty

Thanks to all our trip leaders!

? = trip leader not confirmed.

Notes:

Planned Lehigh releases:
May:             12, 26, 27
June:             9, 10, 23, 24
July:              7, 8, 21, 22, 28, 29
August:         4, 5, 11, 12, 18, 19, 25*, 26*
September:    1*, 2*, 14*
*depending on impounded water levels
Click here for the Bloomington and Savage release schedules.