5/12/2013: Warwoman Cr., Earl's Ford Road roadside to Sandy Ford
| With: Lee Belknap, David Bernard, Dan Bertko, Kim Buttleman, Karen Egbert, Jon Hitchings, Keith Merkel, Jenny Thomas, Glen Johnson, Bob Maxey | ||
| This is a small, intimate creek, and utterly gorgeous on a sunny day when the trees have all leafed out. We had plenty of water, even though the painted gauge at the put-in read -2". Any time the Chattooga is running above 2' it is worth checking the level on the painted gauge; judging from previous scratchy experience, anything over -6" or so should be get-downable. The run finishes with the three miles of Chattooga between Earl's Ford and Sandy Ford -- the three best miles of Section III, in my view. The Chattooga gauge was at 2.44'. |
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| 1. Keith Merkel and Lee Belknap leading out from the put-in | ||
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| 2. Lee Belknap at the first little drop | ||
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| 3. Dan Bertko, as the rapids begin to get larger. | ||
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| 4. Lee Belknap | ||
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| 5. Bob Maxey, David Bernard in the background | ||
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| 6. David Bernard | ||
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| 7. I don't know who this is! | ||
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| 8. Jon Hitchings | ||
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| 9. Karen Egbert | ||
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| 10. Dan Bertko | ||
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| 11. David Bernard | ||
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| 12. Glen Johnson | ||
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| 13. Bob Maxey | ||
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| 14. Jenny Thomas | ||
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| 15. Kim Buttleman | ||
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| 16. Keith and Karen at the bottom of a nice little bedrock "narrows" | ||
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| 17. Lee and Dan coming down the little "narrows" section. | ||
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| 18. Jenny and Kim coming down the little "narrows" section. | ||
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| 19. Kim Buttleman | ||
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| 20. Kim Buttleman | ||
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| 21. Keith, Lee, and David (l. to r.) | ||
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| 22. Jon Hitchings | ||
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| 23. Jon Hitchings | ||
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| 24. David Bernard | ||
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| 25. Bob Maxey | ||
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| 26. Jenny Thomas | ||
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| 27. Kim Buttleman | ||
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| 28. Keith watches Karen run the drop | ||
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| 29. David Bernard | ||
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| 30. Bob Maxey | ||
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| 31. Glen Johnson | ||
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| 32. Kim Buttleman | ||
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| 33. Jon Hitchings | ||
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| 34. Lee Belknap | ||
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| 35. Jenny Thomas | ||
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| 36. Kim Buttleman | ||
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| 37. Warwoman Rapid, on the Chattooga | ||
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| 38. Warwoman Rapid, on the Chattooga | ||
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| 39. Bob Maxey on the Chattooga | ||
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| 40. Jenny and David on the Chattooga | ||
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| 41. David Bernard on the Chattooga | ||
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| 42. David Bernard on the Chattooga | ||
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| 43. David Bernard on the Chattooga | ||
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| 44. Keith Merkel running Dick's Creek Ledge, on the Chattooga | ||
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| 45. Bob Maxey running Dick's Creek Ledge, on the Chattooga | ||
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| 46. Karen Egbert running Dick's Creek Ledge, on the Chattooga | ||
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| 47. Karen Egbert on the Chattooga | ||
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| 48. Jon Hitchings on the Chattooga | ||
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| 49. Kim Buttleman on the Chattooga | ||
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| 50. Jenny Thomas on the Chattooga | ||
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