I had the opportunity to take a 4* canoe training with the talented Rob Yates. John, Wendy, Rob and I spent a day doing sailing and flatwater techniques, a day doing tandem paddling and traditional skills, and a day doing downriver solo leadership on Lake Sammamish, the Snoqualmie River, and the Skykomish River, respectively. With low flows, the Skykomish was a bit difficult and rocky and what is listed as a grade 2 river has rapids as hard as grade 4. We had our fair share of carnage, with a few pinned canoes, a few swimmers, and a bit of broken kit.
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| Official BCU Sailing Rig. |
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| Slowly but surely upstream. |
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| Eddy hopping downstream. |
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| John in control of his boat. |
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| Rob catching a wave. |
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| Turning a grade 3 rapid into a grade 2. |
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| Wendy |
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| Setting up the grade 2 line. |
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| Rob coming down last. |
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| No pin no problem! |
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| Super stoked. |
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| Wendy getting ready to lead me downstream. |
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| Swimming in control back to our boats after hiking up to check on John and his boats. |
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| Disappearing |
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| The long way down. |
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