2007 Album

Ice and snow, Decker's Creek, Blackwater, good early spring boating season, slalom

Top Yough icicles Walking on unstable ice shelves Don't run the sneak line today Matt W on the Top Yough Top Yough 2/23/07 Top Yough Struggling to take a self-portrait Matt covered in ice Pendleton Point Blackwater Canyon Blackwater River Water in the bank 2/24 Charlotte skiing at the Blackwater Sun and snow Upper Blackwater put-in in 2/24 Justin V at Tomko Falls Justin V at Shock to the System Pendleton Falls, Upper Blackwater Looking back at My Nerves are Shot More ice Don't be here, Lower Blackwater 2/24 John L at Wonder Falls at 7.5 ft, 2/26/07 Justin V at Wonder Falls JV backender at entrance to Big Splat at 7.5 ft, but finished in control. John L at Bridge Piling rapid Maybe later on this spring Decker's at high flow, too fast and furious to take pix during the run, 2/26 Hercules, 2/27 Seive at Deduction, covered enough to run at this flow Gauge rock (pinnacle boof in center right), just under water, perfect juicy flow Decker's Creek, downstream from Carcass Typical downstream view, note the giant sieve center right (Hairline) A tight line (Teeth) Looking back at Eyes, with strange lighting Left side entrance to the "sneak" at End of the World Looking up at Teeth The easy stuff (relatively speaking) below End of the World New arrival 3/5 Olive Hiking in to Red Creek Putting in way up high in Dolly Sods on a small tributary of Red Creek Bull Run Road's eminent collapse, it's 120 ft straight down Decker's Cascades 3/24 Last falls at Decker's Cascades Justin V below Deduction For scale, check out the orange boat (Justin) entering Deduction at the top. Cross-bow boof at Carcass, 3/25 Eric H and Ed G in a beautiful place Eric H entering Carcass John L. at Carcass Jay finishing off the move at Hairline JB S. at Eyes Ed G at Eyes, acing his first run on Decker's Jay at Eyes Justin V at Eyes Driving through Teeth Eric H flossing the tight line at Teeth Decker's Creek runout Decker's Creek Willy enjoying the first real spring day of the year, 3/25 Willy hits it just right at Wonder, 7.5 ft Contemplating Splat at 7.5, the answer was no Below Big Splat, after a double run on Decker's Creek 3/25 Helping out some folks from up north Olson tower view after a triple Big Sandy, Top Yough, and entire Blackwater 3/26 You run into some strange folks in WV sometimes We never miss a Sunday Off to the river in Davis, WV A complicated streambed Sittin on top of the world, 3/27 Top boof at Tomko, ~315 cfs Center boof at Tomko Eric N above Tomko (center and left lines visible) Eric N, left line at Tomko Falls Just above Shock to the System Blackwater River Eric N entering the landslide Landslide My Nerves are Shot and I Can't Take it Anymore (longest rapid name on earth) Near the end of Nerves Finishing off the upper section, only 6 more miles to Hendricks Jeremy N climbing in WV Right line at Wonder Falls @ 6.7 ft, 4/2 Big Splat, hoping to blast through the main line Ed G at Big Splat, left boof at 6.7 Eric H, left line at Splat Biking at Cooper's in the first days of spring Charlotte at Cooper's Rock 4/3 Helping out a boater from Phillipi (after he tried an ultra-low flow solo run) Clipping into the boat (4/7 on Decker's Creek), photos courtesy of JV Eric H, in the water with his new ultra low-profile PFD and cloth helmet Cranking it out with the Come-Along (even better than a double z-drag) Barely a dent in the boat, even after a terrible usptream pin Dave G, Justin V, Jay, Rebecca S, and Patrick S, throwing rocks at the Sandy Matt W, Upper Seneca Falls, high flow (4/15) Ed G. and Brad A. on Upper Seneca Justin V about to drop 30 ft (bad shutter timing on my part) Typical view of the very cluttered streambed, a long, epic day due to the wood Justin V at Lower Seneca Falls 2 people, 2 hours, 11 bags of trash, 3 tires, 6 PVC pipes, and a washing machine Ed G helping clean out Decker's gorge (my truck is pulling the rope) 4/17 Charlotte and Shannon, 6/9 at the Cooper's Rock Foundation benefit Charlotte and Kathy and DJ (2 wks old) Brian Q and Aden Fred, Jason, and Bob at Cooper's Rock Half-Time String Band plus Eric The price of coal Olive posing for the camera Early morning in the yard Charlotte and Kate in Time's Square Charlotte, Eric, and Kate in Central Park New York skyline from the Empire State Building, 6/10 Charlotte's creations 6/23 Charlotte playing in the creek (Cave Branch) with Haven, Torin, and Gavin Torin and Haven in Laurel Cave, 6/24 Gavin, Amy, and Nina exiting Laurel Cave Haven and Torin looking for dinosaur bones Dad at Laurel Cave My second full time job 7/22 Olive on the deck December floods, couldn't get to Decker's Creek from our house the usual way. High water on Sovern Run, great big water days on Cheat, Big Sandy, and Bull Run The road down to Jenkinsburg. High Falls and Coliseum were huge. Charlotte's gigantic tree, it almost didn't fit through the door. Charlotte, Eli, and Zoe