At Keeners we are sometimes challenged to get out in some of the hardest places we can safely go, failures at getting out produce carnage. As of last Thursday I learned I am really bad at this challenge. The Keeners were given three options and our job was to complete two of those choices.
Option 1: Get out directly above the pour over at Garb.
What I did: First I pulled into the eddy decently high up as to give myself more of a chance. I grabbed the crack in the rock, popped my skirt, and pulled my legs out. Next I attempted to stand up, then I fell. As I was falling out of my boat I managed to continue clinging to the rock but not my boat. So, my boat fell off the pour over as I clung to a rock. Then I slipped, consequentially myself and my boat were stuck in the pour over.
Option 2: Get out on river left directly below (or during) the pipeline in the Lorne.
What I did: Very similarly to what happened the first time, I grabbed the rock and fell in. This time I swam a long way. After being recirculated in an eddy with Teo and my boat we realized it was fruitless so we moved on. I got out of the river in an attempt to catch my boat but in reality it flushed down Waikiki. So, I jumped back in the river. Swam down the rest of the rapid chased Teo down to the beach at the lunch site.
Option 3: Gangster Paradise (Island on top right of Waikiki).
What I did: Swam past without a boat as Stevo laughed at my predicament.
This does not sound like fun to me. Are you sure you are enjoying this?
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