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Browsing Posts published in March, 2010

Given the amount of chase boating in France [ 2008 ], I thought this deserved a re-write; (courtesy of JK) Class I, Easy. Fast moving  water with riffles and small waves. Boat chasing is easy and fun. Boat  immediately rescued and emptied on bank. People chat about how refreshing the  water is. Class II, Novice. [...]

New International System for Rating Rapids (Found somewhere on the web) Someone asked an anonymous boater about his class IV comfort level and he answered something along the lines of “I’m comfortable that I can usually find an eddy to swim to.” Thus, the interviewer was inspired to offer this: Class I, Easy. Fast moving [...]

Some photos and write-up from a trip to the Grand Canyon in 2001.

We have an archive of older issues of the Bristol Canoe Club magazines here.