Ocoee

There is a new rock in the right side of the main drop of Diamond Splitter from the blasting that they did at the 15 MPH curve.

I wanted to let everyone know of a potential strainer / pin situation a paddling friend of mine encountered while enjoying a beautiful day on the Ocoee. My group of 3 well experienced kayakers and 2 intermediates were running Broken Nose around 7/4/09, and one paddler flipped and swam Broken Nose. Upon swimming to river right just below the final Broken Nose ledge, our other intermediate boater joined the swimmer while the rest of us chased down gear. When the swimmer began hiking up the bank to his boat downstream, the other intermediate boater headed downstream, near the river right bank. She reported a chute between a boulder and the bank that upon running, had a moderate-sized deadfall leaning across the chute, about chest-level. She was pinned, calling for help, until she realized she could lift the tree above her. She is an extremely strong athelete, and I'm sure adrenaline played a role in her self-rescue. Boaters and swimmers, please be careful! The Ocoee is so forgiving, but not at-all innocuous.