New Carnage

(Wednesday 20^th) Today was an interesting day.  Today Emmanuel and I would do a full classic at an easy pace. It had rained the night before and they were releasing a good amount of water so by the take out the estimated level was around 40 cubic meters per second or cumecs. Our run was pretty uneventful, I was thankful for the higher level, it meant more of the annoying rocks in the 400meters were covered up. This made my third classic run that was completely free of touches.  Later in the after Chris, and Cas wanted to do some sprint runs so Emmanuel and I went also to video and be safety. Chris was alright, but had a hard time seeing because his glasses kept fogging up. Cas wasn’t looking the smoothest and his last run had a bad line which resulted in some boat damage and flipping.  We decided to go out and grab a beer in Bourg and also got food, these outings are always pretty fun.  It’s really relaxing to kick back after a good day of training and have a beer with some good food.  More epoxy repair that night, it was a straight forward fix, I have been helping out with the boat repairs since I have a bit of experience due to the steep learning curve of wildwater.

(Thursday 21^st) Emmanuel and I were off today so we slept in a little bit. The remaining men:  Chris, Terry and Cas were going to do more sprint runs. Like the day before Emmanuel and I went to video and provide safety. Things started fine with Chis and Terry and Cas each getting two runs in without incident.  But then Cas got mixed up in the big waves of the first drop and ended up swimming, he didn’t keep a hold of his boat or paddle. Luckily someone on the path was able to grab his paddle, but the boat washed downstream, after his rear airbag came out the stern began to get smashed by some of the rocks. Eventually it was washed to the side and we were able to get it out but there was quite a bit of damage. After this, Chris and Terry decided to do another run so we didn’t end on a bad note. Terry went first but his line was bad and ended up flipping and swimming as well. After having watched Cas’ ordeal he made sure to keep ahold of his boat and paddle and we were able to him and all his gear without damage.  Once we got back the boat repair started yet again.  This was going to be a more extensive repair so again I helped out, I had never had to repair popped seam tape so I was a little curious about it, plus it’s always nice to have another set of hands even if it’s just  to pass tools or cloth.