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Winter Storms & WV Skiing

On January 20–22, the governors of eleven states and the mayor of Washington, D.C. declared a state of emergency in anticipation of significant snowfall and blizzard conditions. Approximately 103 million people were affected by the storm,…
Cheat Canyon, Rafting, White water
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A Hard-boat Lesson

On Sunday the plan was boating the Cheat Canyon!  ..and I was in a raft with two of my friends, Lydia and Dani. Though, I was really itching to hard-boat as I had recently found some success on the Cheat Narrows with my friend Everett's Wavesport…
Squirt Boating
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Into the Mystery of Squirt Boating

An underwater journey with Jim Snyder into the mysteries of squirt boating.      ...from an evening with friends along the Cheat River "Squirt boating originally evolved from slalom kayaks. Racers found that if they let the…
Climbing in Colorado, 3rd Flat Iron, Boulder, CO, Travel, Climbing, Tara Smith
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Climbing in Colorado

A few photos from climbing in Colorado last October (trying to get caught up on 7+ years of photos). Tara's first time climbing in Colorado started on the First Flat Iron (direct route 5.6R). We simul climbed most of the 1,200', which is…
2016, boating, By Gabe DeWitt, Cheat River, Cheat three-toothed snail, flat-spired three-toothed snail, Friends, memorial day weekend, rafting, river, select*, Snail, three toothed snail, Three-Tooth, Triodopsis platysayoides, water, West Virginia, white water, whitewater three-tooth Snail
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Flat-spired three-toothed snail

Look at what Tara found beside our tent on Sunday night...the endangered Three-Toothed Snail! The flat-spired three-toothed snail is found only in West Virginia, among Upper Connoquenessing sandstone outcroppings and boulders, in a restricted…
Video Shorts, Gabe DeWitt, Alaska, Northern Lights Video, Squirt Boating, Music,
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Video Shorts

A small collection of short videos I've made over the last year + In May of 2015, I took a sabbatical to adventure around the South Island of New Zealand. I had made no plans or expectations for this trip, keeping each day and night…
First Day at Coopers, Coopers Rock, Climbing, Bouldering, Dylan Jones, Matt Cline, Eric Fizer, by Gabe DeWitt
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The First Day at Coopers

Poem by Dylan Jones - Photos by Gabe DeWitt ‘Twas the first day at Coopers, and all through the woods The climbers were out trying to bag up the goods; Spotters huddled round the crash pads with care, In hopes that success would ring…
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Slackline the Uncharted

My second day in Hawaii we head to a locals spot near Hilo for a little uncharted slacklining...
Albright, Cheat Fest, Cheat River Festival, Events, Music, Places, West Virginia
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Cheat River Interview

The following are my responses to a recent FOC interview about the upcoming Cheat River Festival... What was it like growing up in the Cheat River Watershed? It gives and it takes..and gives. My entire immediate family comes from the Cheat…