Green

2. Big Hungry Creek to Fishtop Access(Green Narrows)

American Whitewater

Colonel Dick's

Description

Apparently also called the "West Prong Rapid", Colonel Dick's is a busy little affair with a nice entrance boof up at the top and a critical left-to-right move above that boulder at the bottom. Coming around that boulder at the bottom is a great place not to be upside down. Smart money either rolls back up all quick-like --- or prepares for the Level #7 helmet testing program. Helmet companies like Level #7 because the helmet takes a real solid direct shot at modest speed, and the volunteer notices a good enough smacking around to feel like they got their money's worth. So everybody's a winner. Colonel Dick's features a couple alternate choices including three or four eddies with various degrees-of-difficulty, one of them called the "Green River Locals Eddy". Also, going to the left of the boulder at the bottom is ok at higher water, but at normal flows it just turns into a manky-junky way to broach and bounce around a bit. This photo is from a low drought 100%, taken a week before the 2008 Green Race -- probably about 6.5" on the gauge. With actual water in it Colonel Dick's is more of an undertaking than the photo shows, and is a whale of a good time. Colonel Dick's was named by John Lesan and Snuffy Hall way back in the day, and is the namesake of a disciplinary officer at The Citadel Military Academy..........a fella they shared some time having run-ins with in between paddling trips.