Potomac

From Boatertalk:

Date: Aug 25 2004, 18:57 GMT

From: Swimmer

There are many more than three lines at Great Falls, all of them level dependent. As a man who goes by the name of Snowwrestler has said, .1 on the LF guage can cause over a foot of difference in the actual line of choice for that day. I am sure you can realize that more water equals more push, meatier holes, ect ect ect.

You need class V skills for the most part. Some of the lines at some of the levels are class III moves, but should something go wrong, and you don't have the ability to self preserve..well...you're screwed in a bad way. For example...Pencil Sharpner. You come through a little chute with a side current hitting you as you emerge through the slot. You're trying to line up to slide off a broken shelf. If you don't anticipate and prepare for that side current, it'll shove you off line and you drop into a crack beside the aforementioned slot which is just about as ugly and rescue impossible as I've seen. The drop called Pummel has a cave behind the curtain. Get worked in the hole, may wash into the cave. Horseshoe delivers a great beat down. The Spout has broken more than it's share of ankles. Middle Finger of Fate has broken ribs and given concussions....the list goes on.

For comparison down south...Can be tight like Daddy's Creek, can get vertical like Tellico. I've dropped the bottom half of Bald River Falls and it was nothing like Great Falls. Uuuhhmm........the tight section of the Doe, along through Body Snatcher, that area can be similar... It's just about making lines, hitting your boofs, sticking the landings. Level dependent. Can be a low water run with no push, or can be a scream fest shoving you everywhere you wanna be.

Now that I've said exaclty nothing really helpful after all that....my boy's awake.

Ciao'

Steve