Elsey Run

No point in writting a howto for this creek. For your own safety, scout *everything*. Strainers and undercuts abound.

Big Sandy level at 7.5
Elsey level 'low side of good'

Big Sandy level at 7.5
Elsey level 'low side of good'
Time to finish Elsey Run was about 6-7 hours, due to lots of portaging around wood blockages like this one.

We worked hard to clear a tree out of this drop, but it was worth it. This is the end of a very tight and technical set of drops.
This was a technical little slide where you had to land perpendicular into a narrow slot. Fun, fun, fun.

Elsey Run: Tighter than a virgin's daughter.

Just a reminder: Last summer a good friend of mine from WVU obtained permission from the landowner at the end of the run to sample Elzey Run for fish. He noted that the landowner couldn't stop talking about how much he hated kayakers, and that he wouldn't hesitate to shoot anyone floating down the creek in front of his house. Apparently he doesn't have too much to lose...