Legs Out To Lunch-by Cameron O'Connor

        Us Keeners all now how scary Garb Rapid can be!  Most people see Garb and would never even go near this wave, however today we decided to try legs out to lunch.  Legs out to lunch is when the keeners group runs Garb in there in their kayaks with with legs out and spray skirts off.  As you can probably already tell, this wasn't the best of ideas.  Anyway we procceeded on word!  I made it through the entrance of the rapid just fine, but as soon as I hit Garb my boat filled with water, throwing me into an instant stern stall.  This filled the rest of my boat up with water and flipped me out into the river.  As soon as this happened I started swimming the right side of the river with my paddle and boat.  Once i felt in a safe position on the river, i managed to self rescue.  I drained out most of the water from my boat and started for the lunch area.  Unfortunately the Mini Bus Ledge stood between me and the lunch area.  Same as in Garb, my boat filled completely with water and flipped me out into the water.  This time, I wasn't as lucky with the self rescue.  I got sucked away from my boat by the powerful currents, and swam for shore.  After i swam for the shore, i found out that this wasn't the best idea.  I had to barrow one of my fellow keeners kayaks to chase after mine.  Clay Wright was already down chasing my boat, however i proceeded on to help with the sunken kayak.  Finally we got my boat back to shore, and we all enjoyed a great lunch.  From this experience i have learned that it is really hard to paddle through Grab, With Your Legs Out To Lunch!!