The Black Rock Fork
The headwaters of the South Fork Umpqua


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Getting ready at the put in for the Black Rock Fork.

Ryan was so psyched he climbed down from the road to check out Box of Rocks during the shuttle.
This was way zoomed in, the falls is deep down in the canyon..

Figuring out the first portage. This drop would be good to go if the large log visible in this photo was gone.

Ryan Scott runs the fun drops just upstream of Box of Rocks.

Ryan Scott digs in for the boof at the bottom of Box of Rocks.
Photo by EJ Etherington

Gabe Flock blasts out of the bottom of Box of Rocks ( this was the most common result.. )

Portaging a large logjam downstream of Deer Lick.

Portage number three, a mini-gorge blocked by wood at the exit.

Megi Morishita plows through the hole at Go Right.

Ryan plugs a fun little slide downstream.

James runs a drop that ended with an invisible and extremely dangerous log while EJ directs traffic from the boulder downstream.

James boofs a fun drop downstream.

Gabe runs a fun boulder garden.

The group contemplates the big one.

Ryan and Gabe scout the entrance drop.

Megi checks out the bottom drop.

James Bagley Jr. runs the entrance drop on "Comfort Zone".
Photo By EJ Etherington.
This both of the drops in CZ were class V, and combined the rapid was a solid V+.

James punches through the nasty bottom drop on Comfort Zone.
Photo By EJ Etherington.

EJ finishes up the portage below Comfort Zone.
Photo By Ryan Scott

James Bagley Jr. makes the first known descent of "It's On Like Donkey Kong", a very violent class V drop with no good options..
All three of the following photos are By EJ Etherington.

James crashes into the rock on river-right pretty much as planned..

..and gets the forceful ejection!

James ( background ) and Brad ( foreground ) check out the mess at Filter.

Megi runs the take-out ledge.