American, South Fork

Evan demonstrates short boat techniques, while Jeremy looks on from shore.
Maya is a small rapid famous for its wonderful surfing wave. This group of boaters enjoy some early morning fun, before the main crowds arrive.
Jeremy leads the pack through Meatgrinder, the longest and 2nd hardest rapid in the Chili Bar section. He is in the steepest part of the rapid. The end is just below, out of this picture.
This is the first half of Meatgrinder. There are numerous small holes in here and lots of maneuvering required. You can't tell from this picture, but halfway down the rapid, it suddenly drops more steeply.

The old railroad grade is visible up on the right bank. The level path makes a convenient portage trail for boaters not ready to tackle this long and difficult of a rapid.
This impressively large log is just across the river and downstream of Chili Bar.
Jeff enjoying an early morning surf at Maya, before the crowds arrive.
Looking upstream at Troublemaker from river right. There is a nice rock slab here. It is a popular spot to lay about and watch the excitement as boaters come through the rapid.
Looking upstream at Troublemaker run out from river left.
Looking from river left just downstream of Troublemaker rapid. A swimmer experienced a foot entrapment in this area, in August of 2008. The entrapment was reported to be on barely submerged rocks midstream river right. The spot may be in this picture or further to the right. The victim was successfully rescued by the teamwork of a variety of boaters who were in the vicinity.

A first person account is at: http://forums.boof.com/showthread.php?t=5215