Middlebury Gorge, 11-17-07

I finally got on the Middlebury; it was great. Fallopian Tube (the falls at the entrance to the gorge) is an amazing drop:


Despite pretty epic conditions,


a huge crowd showed up, probably twenty boaters.


Here's a shot looking up at the gorge from below Rebirth:

You can see the log at Rebirth -- it's not as bad as it looks, you clear it easily, but worrying about it makes it tempting to ignore other aspects of the drop, and I pitoned badly in the drop. Luckily I hurt both my knee and my ankle or I might've broken one of them.