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Kayaking diehards will tell you the D.C. region boasts one of the best white-water kayaking scenes in the country... thanks to a 3-mile stretch beginning with Class 5 rapids going over Great Falls National Park. Kayakers can spend a whole day going downstream and then paddling back up on the C&O Canal. Rob Sachs checks it out.
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Kayaking diehards will tell you the D.C. region boasts one of the best white-water kayaking scenes in the country... thanks to a 3-mile stretch beginning with Class 5 rapids going over Great Falls National Park. Kayakers can spend a whole day going downstream and then paddling back up on the C&O Canal. Rob Sachs checks it out.
Broadcast History
Aired on WAMU's Metro Connection November 19, 2010
Intro and Outro
INTRO:If you were to guess where the country's elite white water kayakers come to practice, you might guess Colorado. But actually it's on the East Coast, at Great Falls National Park...a short drive from downtown Washington D.C. Rob Sachs heads to park for to learn about kayaking history and to test the waters for himself.
OUTRO:Rob tried out the rapids this fall, but kayakers can be found on the river all time of years. Even in the cold of winter.
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