only search W.R.W.W.                           Georgia First Descents Information courtesy of:                                                                                                                                     Click on the First Descent logo to see                                                                   the rest of SteepCreeks 1st D list                                                                                                                 Algood Creek-Lookout Mountain First Descent -April 10, 1994 Mark Cumnock, Brian Collins. Hiked to confluence ran the 3 big drops and slide and go out  Second Descent -Sam England, Andy Hobson Cruise Quenelle November 29,2011  Road at top, ran the big ones hiked out.                                              Bear Creek-Lookout Mountain First Descent -approx 1991- Ron Stewart and Doug Wellman, low water and lots of portaging, they boated the upper half of the run (to the confluence) and walked out in the dark Second Descent- This one was actually the first full descent. Completed by Ron Stewart, Doug Wellman, Scott Shoup(C-1), and Lone Wolf. It was on this run that Ron did the first descent of Stairway To Heaven. He was the only one in the group to run it that day. Most Runs In 1 Day (6 Runs): Feb 22nd, 2005 - Lane Rankin and Mark Lyle  Shortly after the first two descents Bo Eakens, John Regan and Roger Zabel (ran everything except Surrealistic Pillow) John Regan and Roger Zabel were the only two to run Big Bang on the left with Roger landing solidly on rock. Roger was hurt and convinced rest of group to walk. Stairway to Heaven: Ron Stewart Surrealistic Pillow: Tracy Clapp (main line) Accidentally... Surrealistic Pillow: Clay Wright (far right line) Big Bang - left side John Regan and Roger (both injured?), Big Bang - right side Tracy Clapp 1st Complete Bear Run: Tracy Clapp- Barely missed the last eddy before Surrealistic Pillow, got turned around and ran it backwards, which probably helped him out. There was a log in the rapid and he went right under it with his entire torso leaning over the bow of the boat. An excellent position to be in to get under the log First descent in an OpenBoat  Mike "Louie" Lewis 1991 Daniel Creek First Descent - Clay Wright Bear Creek Trib                                                                     Stairway to Heaven on Bear Creek                                                                                         Photo by Nick Murphy of Paul Hubbard     Overflow Creek 1975/1976 Alan Singley (Solo!) For More Info Click Here 1978 1st Complete Run-John Kennedy( Mark V),Bo Eakens (Phoenix Slipper), John Regan (Sauna), Les Bechtel (Phoenix Cascade), Chis Spelius, Bill Baxter and Gary Duven(all 3 in hallowforms), Jim Schelander, and Rex Shawberg Marginal- John Kennedy was the first to run Marginal followed by John Regan and then a scary run by Rex, as he got hung up on the center rock and almost went into the undercut on the right side. John blew most of the seams out on his boat the Marginal Monster drop. Bo Eakens-"Almost every boat on that trip had the noses pointing skyward after the trip. The Hollowforms were NOC safety boats, and they were never quite the same again!" Holcombe Creek West Fork of the Chattooga Trib. Alan Singley attempted this in perhaps 1976  Alan paddled down as far as he could until the creek literally leaps off the side of the mountain (unrunnable) on its way to the Three Forks, then carried down the mountain and finished the run out the West Fork.                                                               Rock Creek -Lula Lake                                                                                                  Photo by Phil Foti of paddler Tim Laramore     Big Creek First Descent - 1970's Tributary of Overflow Ken Strickland (K-1), Mark Warren, and Joe Stubbs were in a C-2, Ray Stang(K-1), Tom Moye(C-1) "we walked as much as we paddled" Russ Kullmar and Corran Addison - they ran everything except the mandatory portages year-1993 Dougherty Creek-Pigeon Mountain First paddled on Sat 28 March 2009 Adam Goshorn K-1,Ben Karp K-1,Phil Foti OC-1,Leigh Knudsen K-1 and Mark Cumnock K-1 Rock Creek-  Lookout Mountain  Spring 1994 Bill Thornton, Todd Gould and Justin Howard poached run...at the time illegal    OpenBoat Spring 2009 Phil Foti     First Descent of Gulf Creek Falls Paddler Nick Murphy All Photo by Bett Adams     From Jeff West March 9 2011 Congrats to Mr. Nick Murphy He stomped one huge and scary first decent in Chattanooga today. 50-60 footer on Gulf Creek. Never been run before and most likely will never go again. Impressive to watch.  Jeff                                              Panther Creek First Descent - 1993 .Kent Wiginton and Russ Kullmar 2nd Descent -ran 2 weeks later...thinking they had a 1st D Mark Cumnock, Steve Smith and Justin Howard   Clear Creek First Descent - 1994 Overflow trib. Kent Wiginton and Russ Kullmar   Jack's River Falls Mark Cumnock and Brian Collins -Winter 1994                                              Phil Foti getting a OpenBoat First Descent of Rock Creek                                                                                  Photo by Mark Cumnock                                      Gulf Creek Falls 50-60 FT Waterfall March 9 2011   Nick Murphy nailed it... From Jeff West Congrats to Mr. Nick Murphy He stomped one huge and scary first decent in Chattanooga today. 50-60 footer on Gulf Creek. Never been run before and most likely will never go again. Impressive to watch.  Jeff   Warren Creek Falls 07 March 2011-Jeff West I had never paddled it before. It dropped about 550 feet in just over two miles. Then confluenced with a larger volume river(Cole City Creek) for a mile to the takeout. There had been lots of wood, but someone cut most of it out. It was fun getting on something new!  Jeff   Jeff West firing it up on the 40+ footer on Warren Creek First D !                               Photo by Bett Adams   Tallulah First descents were on the AW test flow in May of 1993 Group 1: Kent Wiginton, Nolan Whitesell, Jerry Jascomb, Charles Brewer, and Ron Stewart Group 2: Jim Silavent, Mark Levine, Walter Lynch, Mike Hipsher, and Bill Hester 1st Descent of Oceana: Kent Wiginton - middle line- thought it looked the safest overall  2nd Descent of Oceana: Jerry Jascomb - far left line (originally considered a sneak route) Flood Stage: Kent Wiginton was still on the river when the dam operators thought everyone was off the river and they dumped the rest of the water. It got really big down there (nobody exactly knows but it was probably around 2000 cfs (gauge wasn’t installed yet) Brasstown Falls First Descent - (Chattooga trib.) 1996 / 97 John Leason, Bruce Hair, & Snuffy Hall   Chattaooga at Flood Flood Stage: (approx 9.97 feet according to USGS) Snuffy, John Lesan, Richard Oldenquist, Kent Wiginton and Russ Kullmar (An ill prepared rafter died in Dicks Creek Ledge that day) Allen Creek 1989 - Rome boys (Eric Macleod and Matt Jennings) Location: Pigeon Mountain Wildlife Management Area First Open Boat Will Reeves 1996 Top to bottom all rapids ran Mark Cumnock, Brian Collins, Justin Howard and Todd Gould-1995 Asleep at the Wheel - Brian "Cock-O" Collins 1995   Gilreath Creek Mark Cumnock January 10th 2008 Holley Creek 1st Descent: Spring 1989 (flooded) - Mike Camp & Mark Cumnock. After this they headed to Mill Creek the same day for another 1 descent.   Mill Creek 1st Descent: Spring 1989 (flooded) - Mike Camp & Mark Cumnock. After paddling Holly Creek in the same day for another 1 decent. 2nd descent Mill Creek Falls Obadiah Jenkins June 26, 2004