Sovern Run

Broke my boat on this one last weekend, but I'm not mad at it. Here is some video from several years ago.
http://www.facebook.com/#!/video/video.php?v=1249760961450&comments&set=t.1152243703&type=1
And one from this year from a friend.
http://www.vimeo.com/20734759

paddled this a few weeks ago. suprisingly clear of wood! there were 2 trees but both were passable to the far right... i miss mike vanderberg

Check this area out carefully before running. The center slot (where Martin and Brian are trying to pop the Topolino free) is made for a vertical pin. We knew of the danger and had safety set up on the rock that they are standing on. Martin was vertically pinned with water over his ears. With Brian's help Martin was able to exit.
We eventually had to use a portable winch (come-a-long) and pull the boat straight up to retrieve it.
With some mechanical advantage and a strong log, we were able to free the boat.
Don't know if we dented the boat with our extraction or if the water force & rocks did it. Martin was able to hammer out most of the dent to finish the run.
This photo was taken at the bridge support (river left) for County Road 14-3 near the Sovern Run put-in. At this level you may want to use someone else's boat or take a boat you don't like ;-) It's doable but scrapy.