Imagine, it’s your third week of Keeners and you’re a returning Keener that has run the Ottawa river more times than you can count. To add onto this it’s a Monday and you have just finished running the biggest rapid on the river, Coliseum. There isn’t much left of the river and nothing nearly as large as Coli. Well you my friend would be mistaken, because the most difficult and decisive line is yet to come, if you dare take it. This line is none other than Walk the Plank, a line hidden at the ledge right after Coliseum around 8.25 on the gauge. In all seriousness, this line is an interesting one to say the least. To start it looks like a pretty normal ledge but the closer and closer you get you begin to realize the sheer scale of the drop. If your coach so happens to tell you that it’s a “rock slide” then you will probably assume something along the lines of 45-70 degrees of verticality. So, as mentioned, you slowly become more and more puzzled until you fall off the ledge. Approaching the drop, you will probably begin to notice the small bits of bubbly water at the bottom and then you will see the drop. Being around 5 feet tall, is far from the scariest thing on the river. However, the fact that it is an almost impossible thing to see will leave you. Like all other Keeners, screaming as you fall and brace with the hope of not dying. You will probably be contemplating your life choices and may even discover the meaning of life on the way down until you inevitably hit the bottom. After being scared for your life, you will find yourself in a very calm eddy with Steve-o looking at you with that same smile as if you just hit the biggest Phil’s surf of your life. To summarize, this experience is the ultimate Keeners test and will allow you to prove yourself as the most unafraid Keener of all time.
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