Jeez those new paddles are hard work! They catch so much water; I got up this morning with aching chest and arm muscles. I did the Ghost Dam to Cochrane run with my CADS instructor buddy Mark Nelson, and opted to paddle bow for a change. That meant swapping to the left side for paddling, too; man am I sore now. The river was running 240 cms, which is four times the flow of a month ago. The Gas Plant Rapid, normally a half-metre ledge, was completely submerged and made a fun line of haystacks to bash through. The photo to the left is Carol Vickery-Sulis and her kids, with Mike Kelly, shoting a side channel that was above the water level last time I did this run. Good times!Today's choice is a workout on the Lower Kan, in a large group. Lou is back in the boat, and it should be a good day. Thaks for Myrl for these photos. He has a load more posted at his secret blog site. Yes that's an oxymoron, well spotted :-)
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