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Hazard WV Class V

My Nerves Are Shot And I Can't Take It Anymore

Blackwater - 1. Below Blackwater Falls to North Fork Confluence (WV)

Gauge Conditions
Runnable: 250.0 – 550.0 CFS

Zone Dogg swears 200 is a good level and its been done lower, but its manky creeking. above 275 is ideal. Low water also exposes several pin rocks and sieves

Photo
My Nerves Are Shot And I Can't Take It Anymore
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

It is at this point that you confront My Nerves Are Shot And I Can't Take It Anymore! This is a long series of bedrock slides starting with the infamous sieve rapid called Turncoat. There is a sneak on far river left for those who don't like having to make tough choices. If you stay in the main channel you should catch an eddy on river right. Turncoat appears as a horizon line broken up by boulders. the far far right tunnel slot has been run but it attracts wood. the right of center line is dangerous because much of the water falls into a pothole in the center. The popular line- Bungee Jump is to ferry accross to the far  left and boof into a shallow pool with only a small eddy before the rest of "Nerves"

Immediately below Turncoat, The first slide of Nerves is simple and straightforward on the right, but this leads directly into the second slide which is the crux. This slide is steeper than the first with diagonals pushing to the left. much of the water falls off the left side of the shelf about halfway down. You don't want to drop off to the left too early because you fall into a seam. You don't want to paddle straight off the end of the shelf because this will land you into a really nasty hole against the right wall. Try to be aware of where you are in the rapid, find the 2nd and 3rd diagonals that drop off the far corner of the shelf and hit the sweet spot, skipping into the eddy.


The third slide looks Intimidating; the current slams into an undercut cliff on the right that is nasty but mostly out of play unless you are swimming. Most people run down the center, boof the hole and ride the huge pillow coming off the cliff. It can also be snuck on the far left. Immediately below- head far left and line up a sweet 6 foot boof that is Drop #4 of Nerves. This could be run down the center at low water too. The 5th part is a simple slide that can be run anywhere. At high water these ledges form huge holes, some can be snuck or portaged on the left.
 

Location
Type
Hazard
Difficulty
Class V
Mile Marker
2.2 mi
Directions
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1. Below Blackwater Falls to North Fork Confluence
Blackwater
V+ 2.5 mi
Hazard — Exercise extreme caution in this area.
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater