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Canoeing and Kayaking: Paddling Challenge

    If you are looking for a paddling challenge, and you are physically prepared to paddle long distances in difficult conditions then you will need to check out the Dam to Dam Paddle in Chattanooga, Tennessee.  

    Outdoor Chattanooga is having their first annual extreme river adventure. Kayaking and Canoeing the Tennessee River Blueway from Chickamauga Dam to Nickajack Dam. This 50 mile in two days paddling challenge is being held on Saturday & Sunday, October 24 & 25.

    Saturday morning paddlers will put in at the Greenway Farm on North Chickamauga Creek and paddle 27 miles to the Pot Point Campsite. According to their website, Outdoor Chattanooga will provide dinner and Sunday morning breakfast. Sunday will be the remaining 23 mile paddle to the Tennessee Valley Authority’s Shellmound Recreation Area on Nickajack Lake .

    Outdoor Chattanooga states on their website that this event is not for beginners. It is for highly experienced and physically fit kayakers and canoeists only.  If you are interested in this paddling event you better hurry and register. According to their website, registration must be received by October 22nd.

     

    Let us know if you go!

    For more information and to find out how to register, please click here to go to our Races and Event page.

    To find other places to paddle, kayak and canoe all over the USA, go to our Places to Paddle page and click on any state, or check out nationwide kayak, canoe and paddle events and races on our Paddling Events and Races page.

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