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Rapid SC Class III

TKO Ledge / Keep Her Straight

Twelvemile Creek - SC 137 to Lay Bridge Rd (SC)

Gauge Conditions
Runnable: 100.0 – 2,000.0 CFS

ELF

Photo
TKO Ledge / Keep Her Straight
Photo courtesy of American Whitewater
Description

This is a river-wide ledge hole that resembles something of a lowhead dam. This rapid got its name after a local boofed a little less than straight in a playboat and spending some time in the hole. His “friend” decided the best bet was to boof his buddy out of the hole and ended up landing on the helmet instead of the playboat. A slight head injury and cracked helmet were the result. This rapid can be run anywhere, but at higher flows, the river left side offers more of a runout instead of a defined ledge hole, also a nice boof on the river right side of the drop.   Be careful to keep your boat straight and don’t float into this with complacency.   Its quite a powerful drop.  There is a tempting surf wave on river right before the drop but if you goof up, you run the drop backwards.

Location
Type
Rapid
Difficulty
Class III
Mile Marker
0.8 mi
Directions
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SC 137 to Lay Bridge Rd
Twelvemile Creek
II-III(V+) 1.9 mi
Current Conditions
5-Day Forecast
Whitewater data from
American Whitewater