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Sorry! Again I have to ask, to recharge the memory cells from the one time that I ran it 11-13 years ago. What's the highest drop on either section 3 or section 4? I mean both runs, and a straight drop/pourover like Dick's Creek or Second Ledge. I seem to remember the Narrows having something on that order that you can't scout but it was reletively harmless. Anyway, thanks in advance;
Ric Taylor

2 sections is Second Ledge or Seven Foot or Soc-em-dog. I think they are all about 7 feet.

But, in the case of the Chattooga IMHO, the verticality is not much of a problem.. On Sectionm IV for me Corkscrew is the hardest rapid and it has no vertical drop at all. Seven Foot has always been, for me, impressive to look at but not so difficult. At higher water Soc-em-dog is serious whitewater; a hard move, bad hole and multiple killer undercut. All four of the lower Five Falls are serious.

On Section III there is no real verticality at the Narrows; a smallish vertical at the start. The harder rapids are Dick's Creek and Eye of the Needle. Dick's has some vertical but that is not the issue; going in the Toaster (as I have done, upsidedown in a C-1) is. Now that I think of it, the second drop of the Bull is vertical, maybe 5 feet? But again, the vertical part is not the problem.

Going down the river in my mind I don't think there is a rapid where the vertical part is an issue. On all the harder rapids seeing the line, being on line and agressive paddling are much more important than good vertical technique. In the Five Falls you need to get where you want to go. This is because, with the exception of Soc-em-dog, you have have no bad holes or run out issues following any of the vertical drops. (except at high water)

Other, more knowledgable folks may disagree.

Chris Kelly