By the time we all finally got to the put-in, it was cold, and had been raining for twenty minutes with no sign of letting up. When we finally got on the river after eating a quick lunch, many of us were cold, tired from the hike in, and put down by the rain. However, as soon as we reached the first rapid all of those feelings were replaced with excitement and adrenaline. The first rapid consisted of a beautiful 8 foot boof. With no hole or real pourover underneath, this was a great, safe place to practice boofing. After running a few laps on the boof, we continued down the river.
Scouting on the Upper Petawawa |
The river was not like the Ottawa. Instead of having mostly big water, this river was much more creek like; shallow, rocky, technical, and lots of little but powerful holes to boof. It was definitely fun to switch things up and try a different style of whitewater. Throughout the day we would get out to scout the bigger rapids we came across, as well as practiced reading the river as we went, following the coaches. Towards the end of the day we came across another big 5-8 ft boof, which was super fun and safe to run. After running a few laps on that, we proceeded down to the end of the river, where we were fortunate enough to take out right by the van. After loading everything up, we embarked on our journey back home! And thus ended our day.
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