Bottom Creek or Bottoms as it is referred to by the locals is an amazing whitewater resource. Bottoms is a tiny stream in the mountains of Virginia that just so happens to drop 830 feet in three short miles. It also just so happens to be located only an hour east of Virginia Tech. One of the numerous reasons Tech was my number one school of choice for my undergraduate degree.
I got my first run on this gem of a creek on March 2nd and it wont be the last. Rob Tompkins did an awesome job shooting photos of everyone. There were 130 photos in all so I skimmed them down to the top 20 for your viewing pleasure, enjoy.
-Chris
I have been doing a little Photoshoping recently. Enjoy
The first rapid on the run. Myself boofing through the Kettles
Sweet angle on MouseTrap
Firing up 3 Blind Mice
The first large rapid is the Kettles. Here Nate boofs his way down the top drop.
Chance Lining up the second drop
Chris boofing the final drop in the series...
This is the Eye of the Needle. A Sketchy Mandatory Portage. Can you guess why?
At the end of a short pool below the Portage is Crash Test Dummy. Here Chris patiently waits on the boof stroke
Chance timing the stroke perfectly
Chris in the top drop of Zig Zag. Tricky little bastard
Preston has Zigged, now lets see if he can Zag
Sometimes you Zag
And sometimes you get Zagged
Numerous Jackings on this rapid
Stratton with one of the coolest pictures of the whole day
Scouting the Mouse Trap
Stratton showing us the line in the Mouse Trap
Chris is about to float into the lower drop of the Trap
Chance landing hard
The largest single drop in the run, Two Blind Mice. Aptly named after the two pioneers of Bottoms ran it blind
Preston styles it with a broken paddle
Pulling her back to the right
Bottoms Creek will be included in the ABP Paddling film titled 'Slave to the Rain'
Well that is my trip report. I want to thank Rob Tompkins for the amazing photos.
Awesome Light, Awesome People, Awesome Day.
-Chris
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