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2010 Trip Schedule
(As of June 9, 2010)

Credits

Credits


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 or Daryl Hall at 301-263-0386. On short notice, send a “reply all” e-mail to any “BRV this Week” email.

FEB

MAR

APR

MAY

JUNE

JULY

AUG

SEPT

OCT

NOV

DEC

Date

Location

Difficulty1

Contact

FEBRUARY

Feb. 20 or 21
(Sat or Sun)

Dealer’s Choice
Contingent on weather & ice conditions

I

Ron Knipling

Feb. 27 (Sat)

Antietam Creek

9th Annual Ninth Annual End of Winter Celebration

PN/LI

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

MARCH

March 6 or 7
(Sat or Sun)

Couch Potatoes’ Spring Shakedown Cruise

N-I

Jenny Thomas

March 8 - 31

Tex-Mex/Rio Grande Rendezvous

LI

Ed Evangelidi

March 13 (Sat)

Dealer’s Choice

LI/I

Rick Koller

March 14 (Sun)

Daylight Savings Time begins



March 20 (Sat)

Tohickon Creek

I

Larry Lempert

March 21 (Sun)

Dealer’s Choice

LI/I

Jim Pruitt

March 27 (Sat)

Rappahannock or tributary

PN/LI

Hendrik van Oss

APRIL

April 4 (Sun)

Passage Creek or Stony Creek VA

I

Ron Knipling

April 9 - 11
(Fri - Sun)

Elk River Festival
Webster Springs, WV


I/HI

Mike Martin


April 10 - 11
(Sat - Sun)

Smoke Hole

LI/I

Mark Wray

April 10
(Sat - Sun)

Potomac Watershed Clean-Up -- Location TBA

Kathleen Sengstock
301-649-3917

April 10 - 11
(Sat - Sun)

Bloomington Release



April 24 (Sat)

Dealer’s Choice

HI/A

Rick Koller

April 25 (Sun)

Dealer’s Choice
(within 2 hours of DC)

LI

Al Cassel
202-669-5224 (cell#)

MAY

April 30 – May 2
(Fri - Sun)

Cheat River Festival



May 1 (Sat)

Cheat Basin or Yough

I-HI/A

Lou Campagna

May 1 - 2
(Sat - Sun)

Tygart Area

A

Keith Merkel

May 7 - 10+
(Fri - Mon+)

South Central WV Dealer’s Choices

LI to HI

Ed Evangelidi

May 8 - 9
(Sat - Sun)

Bloomington Release

LI

Ginny DeSeau

May 15 - 23
(Sat - next Sun)

Southern Appalachians
Week of Rivers


Class III/IV

Richard Hopley

May 15 (Sat)

Cheat Canyon or reasonable facsimile

HI/A

Rick Koller

May 22-23
(Sat-Sun)

Bloomington

LI

Beth Koller

May 22 (Sat)

55th Annual Potomac Downriver Race

I

Star Mitchell

301-530-3252 (email address in roster)

Memorial Day Weekend:
May 29 - 31

Smoke Hole Camper

LI/I

Frank Fico

Memorial Day Weekend:
May 28 - 31

Car Camper at Teeter's

LI to A

Mike Martin, Daryl Hall &
Courtney Caldwell

JUNE

June 12 (Sat)

Kitzmiller or Cheat

TBA

Keith Merkel

June 19 (Sat)

Anglers to Carderock

PN/LI

Ed Grove

June 19 - 20 (Sat-Sun)

Cheat Headwaters or Tygart, Rain Chaser

I/HI or A

Rick Koller or Keith Merkel

June 26 - 27 (Sat-Sun)

Dealer’s Choice

TBA

JULY

July 3 - 11
(Sat - next Sun)

Western NC Week of Rivers
Hosted by Carolina Canoe Club

I-HI

Ed Evangelidi

July 3 - 5
(Sat - Mon)

multi-day trip

TBA

TBA

July 4 (Sun)

4th of July Pot-Luck & Fireworks Paddle (meets 4 p.m. at TR Island)

N

Star Mitchell

301-530-3252 (email address in roster)

July 10 (Sat)

Middle Yough

N/PN

Margie Pruitt

July 17
(Sat)

Dealer's Choice

I/HI

David Kogut


July 24-25
(Sat - Sun)

Lehigh Release/Camper

LI

Alan Dickerson


July 31 - Aug. 1

Cheat Canyon

HI/A

Rick Koller

AUGUST

August 6 - 8
(Fri - Sun)

Paddle, Camp, Party.
Flood City Music Festival:

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


Courtney Caldwell &
Ed Evangelidi

August 7 - 8
(Sat - Sun)

Lehigh

LI

Beth Koller

August 12 - 15
(Thurs - Sun)

Four days on the Cheat/Lower Yough

HI/A

Wes Mills


August 21


BRV Summer Picnic at Violette's Lock
(Full Moon is Tues., Aug 24)

N/PN

Club Officers

August 28 - 29
(Sat - Sun)

TBA

TBA


SEPTEMBER

Labor Day Weekend
Sept. 4 - 6

TBA

TBA


Sept. 11 - 12
(Sat - Sun)

TBA

TBA


Sept. 18 - 19
(Sat - Sun)

Dealer's Choice

PN/I

Mike Martin

Sept. 25 - 26
(Sat - Sun)

TBA

TBA


OCTOBER

Oct. 2 - 3
(Sat - Sun)

Lehigh Release/Camper

LI

Alan Dickerson


Columbus Day Weekend:
Oct. 9 - 11

New Jersey Pine Barrens Car Camper

N


Ed Evangelidi

Columbus Day Weekend:
Oct. 9 - 11

Local/Dealers’ Choice Trips

TBA


Oct. 16 - 17
(Sat - Sun)

TBA

TBA


Oct. 23 (Sat)

Fall Colors Dealer’s Choice


Star Mitchell

301-530-3252 (email address in roster)

Oct. 30 - 31
(Sat - Sun)

TBA

TBA


NOVEMBER

Nov. 6 - 7
(Sat - Sun)

Tohickon Creek

I

Courtney Caldwell

Nov. 11 - 14
(Sat - Sun)

Eastern Shore Car Camper

N/PN

Ed Evangelidi

Veterans Day:
Nov. 14 (Thurs.)

TBA

TBA


DECEMBER

Dec. 18 – Jan. 16, 2011

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!

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