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Post by Thor on Jun 11, 2011 16:45:03 GMT
Who went: me, elliot, robbie, moon, dunny, alan, jack, bruce, jo, jen, keef, hagans, stewart, hotchie, pete, tom, callum hogg, roddy, sanne, lesley, charlotte, ross, rich, laura, stef, laura c errrr missed anyone?...
We went and paddled this river called the etive, levels were good for freshers. There was triple step, letterbox, ski jump, crack of doom and dawn, rock slide and right angle, They were fun. There was a duck and a crocodile and a raft. Lotsa swims and lotsa dirty clungies (not for me) but no one needed a voom voom ba ding ding machine. Some folk shitebaged out of right angle but not many. Me, elliot, robbie and dunny did a poop outside. There was a bbq that was almost taken over by females but we regained control. Something abooot pirates. Oh and lots of faff!
Pretty sure keiths video will make a better report!
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Post by Thor on Sept 3, 2012 13:27:08 GMT
Date: 31/08/12
Paddlers: Moon Will Burgers Keef Sanne
Level: Top end of low...
Day 3 of our Warm Up trip brought us to one of our club classics, the middle Etive.
Long story short: Rain, more rain, waiting in eddys, upside down time for sanne above Ski Jump, Keith taking a swim on Crack Of Doom.
Then came Right Angle, so far it had been a good day with little faff and a quick descent.
I blasted down first and waited in the pool at the bottom for Burgers to follow.
Hours passed and no sign of the rest of the group. What i wasnt aware of initially was the MONUMENTAL faff occuring above the drop due to a slight error by Burgers. Somehow he'd managed to get the poor club burn (now known as H.M.S Burgers) pinned sideways on the dog leg above the drop.
How this happened were not quite sure but it was well and truely stuck. Luckily the river was busy that day so many other paddlers were on hand to help the damsel in distress. A nice man from the Team Unsponsored crew deployed his pin kit to help free the poor battered boat. With the help of the Team Unsponsored man, The Royal Engineers, An Olympic Power Lifter, An Artictlated Lorry and Team America the boat was eventually free'd.
Burgers and Sanne then ran the drop without incident. Moon then boof'd a little too much on the drop but cuz he's pro he saved himself a painful landing. Unaware of Moons mad boating skills a horrified on-looker was conerned enough to ask "IS YER BAAACK OKAY, THERE". But of course he was fine.
More bimble down to the last drop and the get out. Decent run on a soggy day.
Ps were counting the pin as a swim for burgers due to being totally covered by the flow and the faff that ensued.
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