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32 HOOK Adirondac Ra%ing Co. lakeplacidra%ing.com 518.523.1635 We have 'Mile Long' [Carter's Landing] rapid, where you're in one for the full length of a mile," says Brad. "Aside from the last float down, there are no long flat sec5ons." the narrows (class III-V) stand out to Brad as the best rapids with the biggest waves, while the Blue Ledges, a coveted lunch spot with sandy beaches, towering cliffs and hike-in access, is a favorite area in the gorge. Brad is a second genera5on owner of the company; his father Bob, now re5red and guiding, founded A.R.C in 1997. Brad began taking trips on the river when he was a child and started guiding at 18 years old. A%er a year-long hiatus from opera5ng, he took over Adirondac Ra%ing Co. in 2021. Having his summers open as a math teacher, Brad operates things during the season with his wife Laura, who runs the retail shop, drives the bus transpor5ng ra%ers, and "is in- strumental in keeping this a family thing," he says. tuesdays, thursdays, Saturdays and Sun- days are the days the dam releases, thus the only days of the week ra%ing ou4i6ers run the river. Ra%ers are welcomed to a homey shop and base, just five minutes away from the put-in on the Indian River. ospreys will fly overhead, scou5ng the best fish, while waves a6empt to jostle you from your seat on the ra%'s edge. When the river is never the same two trips in a row — from water levels to weather — a new adventure waits just off Route 30 in Indian Lake. The homey feel of the brown and yellow "Welcome to Indian Lake" sign, the feeling of the fresh air in your lungs, the sense of awe that such a place exists, will sit with you unl you return

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