Lower Yough Rafting 2011I think this is my 8th trip down the river, and it never gets old. Chrissie and I look forward to this trip every year. We've had as many as 24 (too many unless a lot of them are experienced), and as few as 6! This year we had a good turn out of 12 total. The night of camping was incredible as always. There are few things I like more than cooking around a campfire.We set a new standard for youngest attendee, with Tony bringing his son, Andrew, who I think was 15. We also had a new experience this trip in that it pretty much rained the entire time we were on the water. You might think, "gee that stinks". Well, you'd be wrong. We had a great time. First, you're already in the water, what's a little rain? Second, it made for some very cool views of the river with some of it being totally shrouded in mist.
![]() This next one is eerie. You can hear the rapids ahead, but you can't see them. There are about 8 other people in front of Chrissie in the picture below: I took a lot of VIDEO in the water on this trip. I posted 13 short videos (most less than a minute) on youtube of folks going through dimple, getting dumped at Cucumber and Take Out Rapids, and me jumping in at Swimmers Rapids. The first video shows Chrissie getting dumped. :) Here's a link to the playlist that will go through each one automatically. Lower Yough 2011 Play List A lot of folks ask how I get the videos. I have a waterproof camera I bring with me, and I usually go ahead of everybody else through a couple of the rapids and then paddle and hike back up to get video. In the end we all survived and had a great time as always. |
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