Here is some info about the pinning hazard on the Pinball rapid I collected from the Viking Canoe
Club forum: Viking member kblack said he ran it at 300 CFS and didn't see any pinning hazard and
asked at what flow it becomes a hazard. Dania Egedi with Sheltowee Trace Outfitters volunteered
this answer: "yes, at low water, there exists a real possibility of a 2-point pin. There is a very
narrow shoot that you go through. It would be below 300 cfs (wburg gauge) though. Probably closer
to 150 or 200". Viking member Gunner had this to say: "ran it once at low flow and my bro-in-law
tried to catch a left side micro-eddie by turning left and riding a pillow upstream of a midstream
rock but it turned out it wasn't much of a pillow and he flipped on the upstream side of the rock
and broached it with head under water. Safety was pre-set so a bullseye rope throw that he grabbed
blind resulted in pulling him out of his boat. We then tied the rope to boat to pull it out. That
said, running it straight without being sideways trying to catch that little eddie was no problem
for others that day". Source:
http://www.vikingcanoeclubforum.org/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=3&t=5897&p=31679#p31679

John Grace and Nate Helms ran the falls. It's supposed to be recorded on LVM #37 "The Last Dwarf
Drops His Drawers". Last I heard it's illegal...and not so intelligent.

Has anyone ever hucked the falls?

Great River! 10.5 miles of water, 3 or 4 rapids, the rest was flatwater. I won't be running this
one again....

When the lake is filled again there are two possibilities of a takeout about 3-4 miles before the
boat ramp at devil's creek and bark camp creek. Devils creek is an old road that would require a
4x4 outfitted for aggressive situations and bark camp is a 1/4 mile up hill hike back to the road.
I had directions posted for devils creek, but thought best not to advise this one. Bark camp can be
accessed via 1277, left onto FR 193, first right onto FR 551 and go to the end of the gravel. Trail
will continue downhill. Otherwise, just paddle to the ramp.

Myself and two friends paddled the cumberland river this past weekend and learned two things. One,
to find the take out you must turn left on 1193 when headed east on 25 to find 1277 and the take
out. Secondly, Last Drop is a bit tricky when the river is running at 5000cfs or more. My friend
had to wet exit at the top of the rapid and was pushed into the boulder mid stream where he was
temporarily pinned then continued to river left of the first big boulder to a second boulder which
he was pinned on then sucked underneath giving me the impression that the boulder is undercut. When
looking downstream from up above last drop @5000+ cfs, you see a huge boulder where the main river
flow hits, to the left of that main boulder its the second boulder over that is undercut. Please
use caution when running this rapid!

The paddle out took an hour and a half when the lake was at winter pool.