Tallapoosa

On April 30, 2025 I noticed Alabama Power was running minimum flow over a gate at Thurlow so I went out on the bridge to look at the rapids directly below the dam. They had divers in the water doing inspections so they had all generators off and I found out they would be doing that for a couple of days. I got in touch with a friend of mine, Erik Amason and showed him some videos and pics I got of the rapids and we decided to meet up the next day and run a few lines there that I have now been told had never been ran before. We put in at the ramp and paddled up to the rocks below the dam and gave the rapids a good look and decided they were good to go. Erik walked up to the base of the dam and got the first run on the main line right down the middle. I soon followed and got the second run down that main line. Erik also ran a creeky line with 2 big drops (10-12 footers) that was reminiscent of something you'd see in Western North Carolina.