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The raging Chattooga River is making quite a name for itself. Made notorious
by James Dickey's Deliverance, the foaming waters are fast becoming one of the
Southeast's top tourist attractions.' And one of the most treacherous.
Inexperienced newcomers to the river, charged with a surging drive to test their
machismo, their strength, against the infamous river, holler to porch-rocking South
Carolina locals: "Is this the Chattooga River in Deliverance! Well, we're gonna run
this motha!"
Most of the thrill-seekers, an estimated 15,000 this year, run the river safely. But
some naive adventurists Haven't been so lucky.
Deaths end Utter mar river
At least 1 0 persons died there in the past 1 6 months, forest service officials said in
August. More are expected before the cold weather comes.
And not only people are suffering. The Chattooga, once well-hidden and well
feared waters splashing through virginal forests of North And South Carolina and
Georgia, is taking a beating too.
"Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints," instructs Jim
Greiner, head of Wildwater, Ltd., an outfitting company in Long Creek, S.C.
But the beer cans bob on. Old shoes, socks, battered paddles and picnic trash mar
the shores.
"There are two sad things," Greiner said. "People are dying and we could prevent
it. And, to a large extent, the river is beginning to deteriorate because of a
concentration of people at certain spots."
He says the deaths have taken a definite pattern: they've all been males aged 1 8 to
30, alone or in small parties, without life jackets or river experience. Usually with
poor equipment. Many times intoxicated.
Even author Dickey is caught in the tragic paradox of beauty and death of the
river. .
Although both the book and the movie had commanded spectacular audience
reaction, he has serious regrets.
"They just wouldn't have gone up there if I hadn't written the book," the poet
lamented about the deaths. "The river doesn't care about you it'll knock your
brains out," he was quoted as saying.
Ask anyone near Long Creek, S.C.', or Clayton, Ga., the sleepy mountain
towns close to the U.S. 76 access point, and they'll grunt that too many fools come
to go down that river.
Even though area residents enjoyed the hoopla and excitement of the movie and
its colorful cast, the locals are smart they don't mess with the river.
They remember that Warner Bros., the company that made the film, lost
approximately 530,000 in camera equipment and untold boat equipment to the
beautiful, but bloodthirsty, river. And it was rumored, but not substantiated, that
they almost lost star Burt Reynolds.
Ruined canoes chained to station wagons. Anxious rescue patrols waiting to haul
the injured away. Broken bodies collapsed on stretchers. This is everyday stuff to
the local folks.
"You take your natives. You don't see them a-floatin' it." one crusty river rescue
squad member said as he waited for the usual Saturday morning cries for aid.
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The UNC Laboratory Theatre, under the
overall direction of Ruby Lerner and Rick
Epting, has announced its season for the fall
semester.
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"Cop-OuC by John"Guare."The play
that answers the musical question If you
beat me with your gun, would I blame you?
Oct. 4 at 4 p.m. and Oct. 5 at 4 and 8 p.m. 06
Graham Memorial.
"Fish Eyes and Butterflies, an original
work by Rebecca Ranson. Directed by
Warren Johnston, performed by inmates of.
the Orange ; County unit of the State
Department of Corrections. Oct. 6, 7 and 14
at 8 p.m. 06 Graham Memorial.
"The Apollo of Bellac by Jean
Giraudoux. Directed by Joesph Coleman,
Oct. 17 at 4 p.m., Oct. 18 at 4 and 8 p.m. 06
Graham Memorial.
"Aeneas, written and directed by
Christopher Adler. N ov. 1 at 4 and 8 p.m.,
and Nov. 2 at 4 p.m. 06 Graham Memorial.
"Acts with Women, an original work by
Trebor Lloyd. Directed by Duane Sidden.
103 Graham Memorial. Times to be
announced.
, '?6ys.h.'DrT.a Festival; Siawomir
Mrozek's "Out at Sea" and Stanislaw
Witkiewitz's "The Madman and the Nun,"
directed by Warren Johnston and Rick
Epting, will be presented supplementary to
the Carolina Playmakers presentation of
Mrozek's "Tango." Nov. 15 and 16,- 06
Graham Memorial. Times to be announced.
"Eleven Idiosyncratic Cows," and original
work by Rebecca Ranson. Dates and times
to be announced.
All tickets for Lab productions are free
and can be obtained from the Lab Theatre
office in Graham Memorial the week of the
production.
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"They fish it and they walk it, but you don't see none of the local folks floatin it
just to be a-floatin' it.
"But rafters. You can't scare 'cm off. No way. It's just another challenge. I think
it's crazy, myself."
Bcsutlfu! but dangerous
Crazy or no, the movie's portrayal of the river's danger, excitement and beauty
was not exaggeration. It's been justly called a "mother of myriad moods."
The river is sometimes quiet, pools reflecting the towering hemlock and white
pines. You glide peacefully, slowly, by scattered, projecting rock formations.
Then, crashing, smashing, the water suddenly changes."Paddle!"Paddle!" You
must work to stay away from the treacherous undercut rock's grasp. "Paddle!
Paddle right!"
Forget about gazing at the scenery. You must make it through the next rapid.
"Painted Rock." It's a thrilling, but scary, rapid, nicknamed that because, unless
you maneuver it well, you'll get painted on the rock right ahead, too, like many
before you.
The danger the Deliverance mystique attracts hordes to the river. Don't
underestimate it. Jim Greiner's trained river guides instruct their clinets to portage,
or carry around, some of the deadliest rapids wicked, tricky pools of death.
"Bull Sluice Run" is one of those. It's a bitch, a bloodthirsty bitch, waiting for
those she can suck unawares into her swirling waters. Carry around her. Stand by
and watch how the experts do it.
Faces grimacing, paddles flying, kayak racing. The cautious guides know that
"The Bull" is a killer because it has a hidden hydraulic, the upward and circular
motion of the powerful waters that can suck a man and his raft and hold him there
for minutes or for hours, depending on his luck.
The Chattooga is no plaything. It's something to conquer or the conqucrer itself.
Just this spring one party of three made the trip in true Deliverance style. One
man, tied to his raft because he didn't want to lose it, got caught in Bull Sluice and
lost his life instead.
The other two broke almost every bone in their bodies, natives said. And only one
of them survived the two-month hospital stay.
Even though both South Carolina and Georgia position state patrol men at
several access points on the weekends, Greiner said that if stricter controls don't go
into effect by next summer, the number of deaths could double.
Tips on running the river
Presently, because of loopholes and law ambiguity, the office stands powerless to
enforce river safety precautions.
Nevertheless, authorities such as Jim Greiner and his guides and the state forest
and river patrolmen suggest the following:
Wear life jackets firmly tied and strapped at all times.
Travel the river with experienced boatsmen, preferably in a four- or six-man
U.S. Armyptype raft. Never use inner tubes.
Always travel in groups of at least two vessels, preferably three.
Send an experienced scout ahead to check the next rapid. Portage the deadly
ones, such as Bull Sluice.
Never drink alcoholic beverages. You need all your facilities while you're going
down, Greiner says. And that cold beer tastes terrific at the end of the six to eight
hour trip.
And one further tip that Greiner and fellow river lovers would suggest and re
emphasize: "Take nothing but pictures. Leave nothing but footprints."
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"Cries and Whispers." Quadrangle
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Page Auditorium, Duke University.
"Mutiny on the Bounty." (1935 original)
Stars Charles Laughton, Clark Gable and
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Tickets are $9 Sunday through Thursday, $10
Friday and $11 Saturday. Nightly except
Monday. For reservations call 787-7771.
Stewart Theatre. Tickets are now available
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"The Hostage." Duke Players first
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