Carolina Whitewater: A Paddler's Guide to the Western Carolinas

by David G. Benner, Bob and David Benner, David Benner

In the new sixth edition of this paddling classic, Bob and David Benner expand and update information on the rivers, streams and creeks of the Western Carolinas. More than 63 rivers are included with... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0897321324
• ISBN13: 9780897321327
• Release Date: January 1996
• Publisher: Menasha Ridge Press
• Length: 231 Pages
• Weight: 0.75 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"

Customer Reviews

A Word of Warning

This is indeed THE guide to paddling in the western Carolinas, but it contains one extremely important error: the put-in listed for the Upper Green (class III) is actually the put-in for the Narrows (class V).The true put-in for the Upper Green is just below the Tuxedo power plant; the take-out is what Benner mistakenly describes as the put-in.

This is THE book

on North Carolina white water. There are a number of regional white water guide books, and while they can be more helpful in some ways, they are not nearly so comprehensive. Benner has got it all. If it's in NC or SC and it's whitewater, then it's in there. The Caveat: Bob Benner is the old school author of most of the book. His son, David, is from the more elite hair-head generation. This means that the rivers rated by David are on a different scale from those rated by Bob. The good news: careful reading will reveal the difference between Bob's description's and David's.