Here's a photo of a typical river camp along the section of the San Juan where we were. Imagine however that the area that they are camped on is under 10 feet of roiling fast brown water, and you'll have an idea what it looked like that day in May. And we were in little playful whitewater kayaks, not rubber barges.
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Great job on the story. Thanks!
Mind if I link to it from my journal?
P.S. I think that was my fifth trip on a river, and second trip in a kayak. The others were in rafts.
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You know, it is really unusual for a new kayaker to roll up when they feel that they "have to". The pressure makes it harder...but you've got those nerves of steel. =-]
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I missed the river this year. Going to have to try to get on a trip in '09.
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