Blackwater - 1. Below Blackwater Falls to North Fork Confluence (WV)
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
4 part rapid begins with a sloping 6-foot ledge into a roostertail pushing into the right wall and pouring off a 3-foot ledge. Most people catch the 1st eddy on the right at the bottom of the first sloping ledge and ferry out in front of the wall. This works, except that it is tricky to peel out of the eddy due to a submerged rock. You can also run it direct down the first ledge (just to the right of the roostertail), then drag your left blade. Either way, you don't want to go straight down the middle of the first drop and piton, or get worked in the first hole. From here, fight the boils and continue over a juicy diagonal 4-foot ledge. I boof far right into a swirly eddy. Immediately it narrows and goes through a narrow drop that is best run left of center with right angle to avoid an undercut on the left. The next 50 yards are fast and technical with small ledges and moves leading into the Upper Blackwater Rodeo Hole. This hole is at the very bottom of the rapid and would probably be a great hole in a rodeo boat (it can get a creek boat vertical). But, rodeo sucks anyways, you're here to run the shit. If this dosen't seem fun to you, then put your boat on your shoulder and hike back up to the road because it dosen't get easier
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