>>1960904>this is one of the rivers I do, not us but this stretch is a blast.Looks fun! We have very few rivers like that around here unfortunately.
Just getting into summer here and it's time for my 9yo to start boating properly, so I'm going to have to go for a decent drive to find something similar to that for him to learn to swim better on ha ha
We'll have a few pool sessions first, he's had a sit on top the last few years and he's getting a bit big for it.
>>1960904>Getting stuck like that on a snag>>1960909>dead fall and snags.Our main problem here is willow trees on the banks. 2 of my not-boater friends decided to borrow a couple of creek boats off one of the boys (without asking, because What Could Go Wrong) and wound up in willows on the lamest river around. Both drowned.
There's the occasional log, but it's unusual.
One learner I met just wasn't watching where he was going and wedged under one and drowned.
Another really unlucky lad here went backwards over a IIV drop with a log pointing upstream.
Went through his skirt, and jammed in the nose of his boat against his leg. The guys he was with had no rescue training, and no saw (We carry small tree pruning saws, they chew through boats) and he died of hypothermia before they could get help, which arrived literally minutes too late.
The worst one I've been on scene at was a girl fell out of a raft, which subsequently wrapped her to a rock, face just underwater. Probably the most experienced rescue anyone could hope for and it still took us 48min to get her out. Not her day I guess.
Anyway, moving on....
Here's my biggest disappointment of my last trip.
Not getting to meet Ben Marr - I'm pretty sure we'd be a 2 man mobile party - because he was overseas, and not getting to do this slide because it didn't rain enough. Bummer.
https://youtu.be/z4CX4TcwC8IPic is river wave by where I last lived.
