@ericroush
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As Mike mentioned the Upper Yough and Top Yough do not require permits. They do like you to sign in for the Upper just to keep track of whose on the river. The Upper is dam release while the Top Yough is natural flow and you have to catch it after a good rain. Both are awesome runs. But since it’s a little harder to catch the Top Yough when it’s running, it’s definitely worth doing. Starts just above Swallow Falls followed immediately by the second drop, Swallowtail Falls. Since Swallow Falls is a popular tourist destination with an observation area, you usually have a large audience watching you run the drop. Something you might find interesting is that this is a north flowing river. So when we talk about Top, Upper, and Lower the Top and Upper Yough are located in MD while the Lower Yough is located north of that in PA.
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John, I recertified last spring when John Holdmeier had someone from ACA come here. But I thought I’d share something with you that I didn’t know. I knew I was recert’ing early because my certification didn’t expire until 12/2016. But I couldn’t pass up the chance to recert here rather than have to drive a long way to do it somewhere else. Afterwards I kept expecting to see my new recert date change to 4 years from the date of my recert – it didn’t. So I contacted ACA and asked them why. This is what they told me: “…you have met the recertification requirements. However, certifications are audited on a four year certification cycle – which means that you can take your update at any time during those four years, but your certification retains its original expiration date until the end of 2016.
What this means: you get “more” certification time. Instead of expiring four years from whenever you complete your update, your certification expires four years from the initial expiration date itself. This coming December you will receive a brand new certification which shows an expiration date of 12/31/2020.
Therefore, you will not be receiving a new expiration date/card until this December.”
If you already knew this, fine, but it was news to me and I’ll bet there are other instructors in our group who also didn’t know this. So I just wanted to share.
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Sorry Julie, didn’t mean to make light of such a despicable thing as getting your boat stolen. But sometimes humor can be found in the oddest places as can be witnessed when we attend a wake for a dear friend or family member. I do hope you get your boat back and that those who are responsible for the theft of both boats are prosecuted.
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