>>2408788I did my first river trip with a friend thankfully and we were still severely unprepared.
First mistake, underestimated how long the trip would be. Planned for an dawn to dusk trip. Figured river would be about 3mph plus paddling should get us at least 5mph. 20 miles should only be a 4hr trip, right? Fuck no. Parked my truck an estimated 20 miles down river. By the time dark came we had only covered about 10 miles. Couldn't see shit in the water so had to pull up on the next available bank we found. Since we only planned for a day trip we had no camping gear and had only brought a lunch. Thankfully had plenty of water. Spent 12 hrs on a cold wet bank waiting for the sun to rise meanwhile trying to keep a little fire going to stay warm, this was in February. At least I didn't forget to bring a towel so I alternated covering up with it and trying to sleep on it. Had to call for a ride in the morning as we couldn't keep going the whole way due to being so unprepared.
That's the overview of a bad trip. Next I'll tell you the real shit you can get into.
