Drake Run

Martin at the top of the final drop of Ignorant. Note the big rock at the bottom that you want to miss. Keep in mind that what you see here is approximately the last 20% of this rapid. Out of view and above this drop is about 150 yards of very busy water.
Look carefully and you can see that Martin is riding the edge of a rock. Don't slide off the rock too early or you'll need to duck the undercut rock on river left (right edge of the photo). River right is a very bad place. Note the logjam on river right. The logs are held in place by the severely under cut rock that I am standing on with the camera.
From the 2 images (Martin at Ignorant and this image), I hope you might get an idea of the vertical drop and length of this portion of this drop. There is a whole lot of busy water just above.
In spite of the hazards on his left and right, Mike makes the slide on the edge of the rock look easy.
I think almost everyone got some down time here. Martin watches as a paddler, a creek boat and 1/2 of a paddle totally disappear.
Piton Special! The trick here is to miss the submerged and exposed rocks in the boof area,, oh yea,, and also not get surfed :-)
Sam and Mike (white helmet) watch Zach on the final few feet of the run. We took out on river left after the second bridge.