Raft-Tech'

Date: Wed' 28th September
Location: Arnold
Weather: Few showers in the morning then fine
Duration: 6hrs
Group members: TPP Orec group 2 (In my raft- Todd, Scott, Tui & Phily J)
Grade: 2
Flow: Medium
Key learning: Catching eddies, guiding, flipping the raft in moving water and getting back in, Swimming down the rapids, how to give a good safety and paddle talk.
Incidents: None

Pritty much the same as Tuesday but it ran more smoothly as we'd had practise the day before and we were all more comfortable in the guide seat. Learnt how to catch an eddie by backwards ferrying into it. That was my main key learning for the day. We headed on down the river and had lunch at the famous lunch spot and after that we all had a go at r2'ing. Got down to the seal launch bank and had to jump off it and float/swim down the river, past Pyramid rock and swim to the side. That was good fun as well. Then we flipped the raft after getting back into it to learn how to get back on it when it's turned upside down and re-flipped it. Pritty much the end of the day. Just carried on rafting down the river till we got to the take-out.