Whanganui River Easter 98
Well my camera, canoes and playing submarines don't mix... These photo's taken by CC of our '98 Easter trip were all that survived.....
So without further to-do .... The unlikely lads vs. the Whanganui River.
The Obligatory starting shot. Whakahoro. Everybody knows how to drive kayaks and Canadian canoes.. yeah right. So off down the river we go until the first rapid. Kayaks shooting rapids backwards, sideways and upside down. We just wont mention to the kids that there's another 100 K's of this. LOL.
Driving a well packed light Canadian canoe requires few skills. Minor effort to keep the front pointing downstream and a little bit of co-ordination to stop the back overtaking the front. Oh yeah and communication. The communication on the first rapid was something like this.
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from the Whanganui river guide
"105 Whakatara: Shingle LB. Snags accumulate RB with the current setting strongly into them. Enter left of center and keep to the left of the main current." |
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However the basic principal as demonstrated by Paul is just to follow the boat in front.
First Break. Some of the lads in a thoughtful mood. i.e. Kayaking is hard work and we've got three more days of this !!!
We set up camp late on day 1. Everybody as tired and as sore as....Only to find that CC had forgotten the SUGAR !!!!. However much to CC's credit he did manage to bludge some sugar the next morning. So many thanks to the hut wardens at John Coull Hut. They undoubtedly saved CC from a long slow lingering death.
Last update 24 August, 2000