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Oh man I have lots of sketch whitewater stories if you guys want to hear
>be in school, probably 20
>the instructor and I go out to run a local class IV
>it's just the two of us, I've been down this stretch once before in a much larger group and styled it
>he's never been down it
>ok so we get there, the level is maybe a couple hundred cfs higher than last time
>we put on, I'm feeling good as we get to the first class IV rapid, "The Slot," pic related
>so with this flow, the far left line I took before (out of frame to the right in the picture) had developed a nasty hydraulic
>I decide to try and boof (jump) straight over that rock on the right in the pic
>rightly botch it
>next thing I know I'm upside down in the recirculation behind those rocks
>try to roll up but I'm in the exact same spot and flip right back over
>try to roll again
>fuck it I'm swimming
>I manage to get to shore before getting swept out of that top pool (like the swimmer in the pic)
>the instructor is just waving at me from shore while I'm swimming and trying to yell "GET THE BOAT GET THE BOAT"
>he let's the boat escape the fucking eddy and it takes off downstream
>I'm on shore by now and tell him I'm fine, just try to chase down the boat
>off he goes, solo down some high water class IV he's never seen before
tbc...
