Take the second drop for example. Flat Rock Falls (or something like that) looks to be a pretty straight forward 30' slide. Right up till the powerhouse hole at the bottom. Not only did the hole get backed up by a good sized pool, making the back current a real problem, but the front of the hole looked to be right up to the rock on the slide (think Fowlersville just more horrizontal). I got my chance to see just how deep it was too. Coming down the slide, I thought i was right on line, and going to make the same eddy punch that everyone else made (which turned out not to be the case). I hit the hole and came to a hault. The next thing i remember seeing was the sky. A pretty sweet back-ender into the hole, and a decent backdeck combat roll later, and i was having myself a pretty nice side surf. The first thing i did when i got up right was to see if i was getting surfed onto the rock. The second thing i did was pull my skirt. There was no way i was going to be the test dumbie to see how deep that hole was.
A few quick fun rapids later, we were at Twin. Let me first say that this rapid is the most intimidating rapid I have run. ITS BIG! The line we took was the river right line, about 12 feet from the shore. The goal: Split the uprights ( the two large roosters at the bottom). After my first run, and seeing almost everyone hit one of the roosters and get thrown into the pool like a rag doll, i decided to show them I could stick the line. See for yourself.
Yeah, that yellow blob is yours trully.
The fun isn't over at Twin though. There are plenty of really fun drops below. I also should add that none of these drops should be taken lightly. A few of them have potential to be a real mess, espically at higher water.
Time for me to hit the road, I'm meeting Mr. Twist at the take-out for the Indy, so needless to say I will be posting again soon.
Mike
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