Sometimes you have to look in the oddest places for some climable walls in the Southeast. In fact this is one of the old walls the is a part of the locks at the top of the Augusta Canal. It is only 8ft high but it's about 200 feet long and was built with large rocks in the face. eh eh eh!! decent handholds and footholds for people to get to know how their body works when hanging on to the rock. This is usually where I take people that have never had some face time.

Murder Creek Beta

Headed out toward Macon and found these neat little boulders to get the newbies started on. About a month later came back with some friends and crammed and jammed. Also took a little run down Murder Creek itself off the final ledge. Water was a little to low for a decent run however. I think we scared the locals more than anything. Talk about a sceen from 'Deliverance', with the fresh 'swaztikaz' (their spelling) and the single tooth teenager drinking beer... I dont know who looked funnier, us with rock shoes and chalk climbing boulders and sliding down the creek or them?

Rae's Creek Overflow

These are from the Rae's Creek overflow at the Augusta Canal on a heavy flow day. Eventually I plan to seal launch at the top just below the road (about 10 feet from the lip of the first drop) and then this rapid. This is an easy park and play, with a decent pull out for rescue.

Here is a quick movie of Jason Benton running the Overflow
across from this waterfall. You can see the fall in the distance at the end of the shot somewhat hidden by trees.

Outdoor Adventures Canal

January 2006
Well one of the first trips that we did as a group was to kayak down the Augusta Canal. The pics feature 4 of my friends that will hopefully come back out again. Thanks again AWOL for the incredible rate you gave us on that day!!