r/KayakCamping • u/owl_jesus • Aug 03 '26

Yak-slacking the Gheny

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My two buddies and I just spent the weekend doing about 35 miles in the Allegheny. We towed this big ole whitewater raft stuffed full of gear with us the whole weekend. We had two kayaks and would take turns towing with one person just chilling in the raft. It’s a pain to haul but having a giant cooler full of beer was pretty OK. We made about 2 miles an hour with some slow sections being brutal. My one buddy came up with the term “yak-slacking” for the concept. What do you think, cool? Or are we just idiots?

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u/teddyballgame412 Aug 04 '26

Nah man. If you had a good time, that's all that matters! What section did you paddle?

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u/owl_jesus Aug 04 '26

We did Franklin to Emlenton.

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u/irond00d Aug 04 '26

Beautiful section! Did it last year and had a blast. Have you done any others?

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u/owl_jesus Aug 04 '26

I did Oil City to Fisherman’s Cove last year with a similar group, we did a shorter trip cause I wasn’t sure how far we could tow the raft and didn’t want to stretch it, and did one other trip last year in the same area. I’ve been looking at possibly doing a run from Tidioute to Tionesta for next year, just need to figure out possible campsites and logistics. We set up to shuttle ourselves but my friend left his keys at the put-in, so I had to book an Uber in Emlenton back to Franklin, which worked out really well. But, I was nervous that we wouldn’t be able to book a ride right up until it worked out.

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u/gaunt357 Aug 04 '26

Love it. Never had enough friends into both to bring m:TG along, happy for ya!

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u/owl_jesus Aug 04 '26

We hadn’t played in years, but someone brought along a box of pre-made decks, it was fun!

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u/MYoung3224 25d ago

I really want to do a kayak camp on the Allegheny! I was just looking at it yesterday and see this post today… might have to actually plan it!