Quote Originally Posted by Mark Sedenquist View Post
Lava Falls is a "noisy" rapid, but for my money the scariest hole we surfed around was the first drop of Crystal. That roar and the depth of the hole that you can see when you are maddly paddling past is astonishing.

Mark
I couldn't agree more about Crystal Rapid--the Hermit was a little scarier going through it (lord, did we ever get WET), but Crystal was a literal force of nature. Here's a link to a short You Tube video of some adrenalin junkies running that thing during a high water release (40 K cfs!), for anyone who's interested:

<<High Flow at Crystal Rapid>>

Rick