First Decent of "The Rasta Slide"

After it poured down rain and severe thunder storm warnings plagued the news, I got a text message from Nick Murphy saying that in the morning we were going to go run Bear Creek and possibly check out a hidden first decent 10 minutes away from the takeout to the Bear.  Nick said it was like "Stairway" on the Bear only longer and taller.
I met Nathan Mcdade and Nick at the takeout of Bear Creek.  We drove Nicks car to the drop.  We got there and hiked down to the bottom.  After really seeing the size of this thing, I never knew drops like that existed any further south than Asheville.
We tried cutting out the log at the bottom of the drop but quickly realized that the saw was to small to cut it out so we tried to z-drag it out.  The log was to big to move without a chainsaw so we decided we were going to run it anyways, the log not making to much of a difference in the line.  Nick Murphy got into his kayak and ran the drop first and had a good line.

I slid down the drop, having a good line and a hell of an adrenaline rush.  

Nathan ran the drop with style.

After claiming the first decent we hiked out to the car.  We loaded boats and went to the put-in of Bear Creek, already having shuttle set.  It was a memorable day in my kayaking career, never having realized how classic Chattanooga kayaking really is.  We're definitely going back with more water and a chainsaw.