Ringing Rock State Park to Rt 32

Pull out your A++ game if you want to run the 7 Steps Of Death (first run by Nils 2/08). Dropping huge vertical on to slab rock with tons of piton and pin potential. Its a very manky series of connected moves. Watching Jared and Graham run this on video can load you up with a lot of false confidence. This run is mean, wrecking many phenomenal boaters plans for a good day out. Its the hardest creek locally and some are saying its harder than the Green Narrows, Blackwater (WV) as well. Expect pins to occur to someone in your group. The real concern is that listing this run (in the Geddes, Wick, Lock area) will get those types of paddlers interested in running High Falls. Its only been run by the best boaters...creekers that go out all the time at all water level, flood conditions, all over the state, region or internationally. At this point its only been run completely on a couple days. One of those boaters emailed me: **Its pushy and you're maneuvering over partially submerged undercut boulders without pillows to bounce off so your slamming into them banging off sh\*t and paddling hard like its a high volume creek (real weird).  At low water that rapid gets less crazy and more manageable but everyone still gets pinned all over the place and has problems. the rapid above the falls (30ft unrunable) is stuff you can get pinned up on as well and I've seen another real good paddler pin in the middle of the rapid and have to get roped out, so we usually sneak river right.  This is an angry creek that could easily kill someone don't take it lightly, swims are serious matters, and rolls are bad too.** The run starts off with fast fluming slide to a must portage 30 foot waterfall (make sure you hit the eddy). Some say it will be runable some day but I just don't see the line. Calling it class 6 is a stretch for me. Next up is the 150 Yard long 'Luge'. Again make sure you know where you are getting out to scout the meat of the run, 'The Seven Steps Of Death'. Losing vertical fast, these 7 drops are rowdy attention getters. While trying to pioneer good lines in the chaos, boaters have pitoned, pinned, flipped and tumbled. Some portage only the first couple steps and finish off the easier ones taking out a few hard ledges.  If anything goes wrong it will go wrong step after step till the end. Finish off the run with class 5 action. Note the rapids below the 7 Steps look easier than they paddle. Usually if everything is too crazy high this is the place to be, but if it's out of control just travel north a couple drainages to run laps on Wildcat which will be going strong. Note the rock boulders anywhere around the 7 Steps are the slickest Mothers going. Really, be more careful than usual. Graham, Rick, Eli and Jared's Run: youtube.com/watch