Second St Andrews University weekend for beginner river paddlers. Two members had not been on a river before and some had made it down the North Esk gorge so there was a fair spread of experience. Used Middle Spean first day and trained everyone on control and effective paddling. Everyone had a go at boofing the main ledge drop. 2 swimmers. On Sunday we went to the River Arkaig (Loch Arkaig put in above) and the river was actually a pretty good flow. 5 of the group of 7 wanted to try and run the class 4 rapid. We spent a lot of time setting things up, inspecting, putting communication links in place. All five swam, one having made it down on a small wave below!! Lots of gear and people catching practice!! Then we ran the drops on left side of the island before continuing to the finishing rapids. An excellent day.
St Andrew's Uni - Beginners weekend 27/28 March 2010
Second St Andrews University weekend for beginner river paddlers. Two members had not been on a river before and some had made it down the North Esk gorge so there was a fair spread of experience. Used Middle Spean first day and trained everyone on control and effective paddling. Everyone had a go at boofing the main ledge drop. 2 swimmers. On Sunday we went to the River Arkaig (Loch Arkaig put in above) and the river was actually a pretty good flow. 5 of the group of 7 wanted to try and run the class 4 rapid. We spent a lot of time setting things up, inspecting, putting communication links in place. All five swam, one having made it down on a small wave below!! Lots of gear and people catching practice!! Then we ran the drops on left side of the island before continuing to the finishing rapids. An excellent day.
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