Kayaking the Lehigh River from Glen Onoko to Jim Thorpe
This section of the Lehigh is really nice and fun. The rapids are all relatively easy -- class I and class II -- and there are calm stretches in between, plus a nice waterfall and a great rope swing over a deep spot in the river.
 At the launch site. Glen Onoko has a nice separate area for private boat unloading and put-in, away from the public beach area which gets massively crowded on nice days. |
 The launch spot is right across from the hole-in-the-wall tunnel, where a railroad used to pass through. |
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 (video) Approaching a small waterfall. |
 Hanging out at the waterfall. |
 My trusty steed beside the waterfall. |
 Still my trusty steed beside the waterfall. |
 (video) Here's me on the rope swing. The camera is strapped to my chest (under a buckle on my life vest), so I'm not actually drowning towards the end when it seems like I'm underwater for a long time. |
 (video) Going through the final rapids before the take-out at Jim Thorpe. It's hard to tell in the video, but I *almost* tipped on the first big rapid here; I was leaning way over to the left for a second, but managed to recover it. |
 GPS map of our route. |