Day 7 - Saturday - Jori

Excellent run. Continuous grade 3/4 all the way. Top fun. My (Alamo's) last river here, so I shall leave on a high.

Previous night on the sauce as Alamo goes home tomorrow. Rich says 'I haven't been scared yet'.

Lisa G: Having done this river 7 years ago, I remember that it was a good paddle even though it had taken us 8 hours.

The woman in the shop said that the Jori's first rapid starts with a bang. My stomach was in my mouth as we set off across the lake at the get-on. First rapid just grade 3/4 fairly long, loads of manoeuvring around rocks. This carries on for about ¾ way down - good technical paddling. Great.

Group A - Lisa F, Lisa G, Alamo, Rich, and Tony. We paddle our way down reading the river as we go. I cannot remember any of the rapids from the previous trip. About ¾ of the way down a side stream entering from the left; it doubles the flow. Lisa F swims. We lay chase to the boat, but Lisa walks out. We carry on, find the boat, and place it on the side of the river. We carry on down the river, more continuous. Scary, sick paddle, but excellent as well.

Last stopper under the bridge, Tony side-surfs but I punch through. We wait for group B with video camera, and they perform spectacularly. John back-loops his Phat. Matt does a 'tricky-woo' (but not on purpose!). Dom rolls in the eddy.

Excellent paddle. We did have to collect two boats from the rivers edge; Gwen had a nasty swim in the second group quite near to the end, and had loads of scratches and bruises to show for it.

Next -> Day 8 - Ula Slides