5/13/2013: Amicalola Cr., Lower Amicalola (GA-53 to Kelly Bridge)
With: Lee Belknap, David Bernard, Dan Bertko, Kim Buttleman, Karen Egbert, Jon Hitchings, Keith Merkel, Jenny Thomas, Pete Martin, Xander Martin, Glen Johnson, Bob Maxey | ||
Good level for us, and we would have been OK with a bit more. Only Keith and Pete ran all of the first big rapid, "Edge of the World". Most of us carried around the first two drops, but there was still a lot more of this rapid below there. There are a whole bunch of ledge drops and bedrock Class III rapids on this creek, ending in a couple of miles of swift flatwater on Amicalola and another mile-and-a-half or so of slow flatwater on the Etowah River. |
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1. Pete Martin on the second pitch of "Edge of the World" | ||
2. Except for Pete and Keith, we all carried or swam the first part of this rapid | ||
3. Pulling out and setting safety in "Edge of the World" | ||
4. Below "Edge of the World" | ||
5. Pete and Xander Martin below "Edge of the World" | ||
6. Below "Edge of the World" | ||
7. Lee, David, and Karen (l. to r.) below "Edge of the World" | ||
8. David, Bob, Jenny, and Karen (l. to r.) below "Edge of the World" | ||
9. David, Jenny, Kim, and Karen (l. to r.) | ||
10. Jenny in the foreground, Kim behind | ||
11. Jenny in the foreground, Kim behind | ||
12. Kim Buttleman (in shadow) running "The Wall" | ||
13. David Bernard (in shadow) running "The Wall" | ||
14. Pete and Xander Martin | ||
15. Pete and Xander Martin | ||
16. Amicalola Creek | ||
17. David Bernard and Kim Buttleman | ||
18. David Bernard | ||
19. David Bernard | ||
20. Kim Buttleman | ||
21. Bob Maxey, with Glen Johnson running the drop | ||
22. Karen Egbert running the drop | ||
23. Karen Egbert below the drop | ||
24. David Bernard running the drop | ||
25. Jenny Thomas approaching the drop | ||
26. Kim Buttleman running the drop | ||
27. Dan Bertko below the drop | ||
28. Amicalola Creek | ||
29. Amicalola Creek | ||
30. Bob Maxey | ||
31. Jon Hitchings | ||
32. Jon Hitchings | ||
33. Karen Egbert | ||
34. Bob Maxey | ||
35. Kim Buttleman | ||
36. Jenny Thomas | ||
37. Amicalola Creek | ||
38. Kim Buttleman on Amicalola Creek | ||