My First Decent - By Fergal McConvey

Coming from Ireland, where there isn't much water on the rivers, my ambition to venture to the Ottawa river was high. On the first day we paddled down the middle channel. I didn't know what to expect, however I knew it would be amazing. I was right!!! The sheer mass of the river astonished me. I was overwhelmed by the enormous size of the foam piles and waves that we encountered on the river. On the third day we ran the main channel and at this point I saw the middle channel as the biggest rapids ever, but I was wrong. The main eats the middles for breakfast. I arrived late to paddle as I was bit by a spider and took a trip the the clinic , but missed nothing. At the bottom of the river we paddled the biggest rapid ive ever seen in my life, COLISEUM.