A request for help at the bottom from you experienced kayakers.
Angel nailed 3 for 3 on her rolls! Normally I wouldn’t let her roll over already setup but since it had been many months for us since we’d been in the water and the water’s temp was unlike anything she’d felt before I let [...]
Tuesday, August 19th
Wow! I’m sitting in front of the TV; watching the Olympics and eating a well earned bowl of cereal. I’m the last day of a long weekend for me here.
Last week I discovered there is a rock climbing club here in Wenzhou, China, so I went and checked the [...]
I’ve been teaching my friend Angel how to roll. We had a few tries at a local lake in the past month but recently we got the okay and stored my kayaks in her neighborhood pool. We went there Monday and Wednesday morning for some practice. She got her roll Monday morning [...]
One of my friends, Martin, asked if I was ready to take a trip to ZeYa? I complained that it hasn’t rained much and there may not be any water but he replied that people always go there in June and July for rafting. We called Angel and asked if she would be [...]
Since I’m still looking for rivers to paddle here in China I’m still actively reading the forums back home and on the AWC pages there has been a little talk about Patton’s classification as a Class III rapid when it used to be listed as Class II rapid. I chimed in there but then [...]
Liu Jian and I are back for more! We again went to Nine Hills Lake for practice. This time my wife and her sister went along. Liu Jian is actually my wife’s, sister’s husband. Their little girl, Sarah, went as well. So we had three shuttle bunnies along to watch [...]