The Pipe

In the bottom half of Dammit, a The Pipe shoots water back into the river on river right. The Pipe creates a large diagonal wave that pushes toward a catcher's mitt on the left, referred to by local boaters as "the room of doom". The room of doom is really just the bottom of an eddy. It's not fun to be in there upside down, but swims have happened without any major issues. The line on the pipe is to drive right across the diagonal where the water from the pipe hits the river. It can be a tricky move the first couple times. If you do end up in the room, just go with it and paddle back to the top of the eddy. The ferry out is intimidating, but if you just take a couple good strokes and sit on your downstream edge, it is surprisingly smooth. This rapid is located at river mile 170.9,