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.
 
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