Fourth day of just rain rain rain
After two days, you start to feel a little down
Everythings soaked, you're uncomfortable
You're freezing cold
After three days, you're like okay that's enough
And then when it keeps going for half a day four
you're like oh my god the world is ending
Now I wanted to talk about SLW
Shoot, line, wade, okay
So when you come to a rapid you can just shoot it
which is run it
line it, which is walk the boat
while you stand on shore on the end of ropes
and wade is when you hold onto the boat and walk down
in the rapid
and anything can be portaged
so any rapid, when you get up to one
first you scout, then you decide, do I shoot, line, wade and if you can't do any of those, then you portage
it should be SSLWP
a lot of the time you see a rapid that you can run but you don't know what's around the next corner
it could be a waterfall, topo maps aren't always right
so it's a smart idea just to wade it or line to the next obstruction to see what it is on a blind corner
when you're lining a rapid you want to make sure that your rope is coiled properly in your hand
and as you coil it make sure that the ropes kind of stay on top of each other and beside each other
and don't get all miss-mashed because that can cause tangles and you can run into a lot of problems
that is a 'P"
I just finished a portage around a falls and I scouted this big rapid and it looks like I'm going to decide to shoot
which is "S"
This one I'm going to line
Finally we have some sun!
Yes!
We're coming up to a nice drop right now
it's not a big drop but it's not a far way from a portage
which is a waterfall
so you want to use extra caution
That is going to be my entrance point to the rapid
That tonge, and then I'm going to get right to avoid a large hole and eddy out left
that's what you want to go for, you want to aim for the spot where the water pushes through
and try to guide your boat that way
Yaaaaaaaaa!!!!