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There Is a VERY dangerous Sieve in the middle of this run that we ecountered with a group of cornell students this past weekend.  the level was around 5.3 and I believe the sieve would be a hazard anywhere below 6.0 feet and possibly higher.  The sieve is located at the top of the rapid that takes a sharp bend with the cement culvert on the river left hand bank.  It is directly in the center of the river formed by a visible medium sized block shaped rock that at 5.3 was about 10 inches above water and a diagonal triangular rock that is barely visible.  In this case a student was broached against the block rock and pushed into the sieve bow first resulting in a vertical pin.  Luckily at this level the student was able to hop out of the boat, and the boat was removed with a vector line but barely.  a bad entry angle or more water could certainly result in a very bad situation and I believe with any more water that a boat would not be removed without mechanical advantage in the form of a z-drag or piggy-back system.  BE CAREFUL!  I will post pictures soon.