Murch Kayak week
Date: 26-30 March
Location: Murchison , Doctors creek, Lower Matakitaki, Lower Buller and O’Sullivans to Ariki
Difficulty: Grade 2 to Grade 3
People on trip: TPP Kayaking
Weather: Sunny
Water flow: Low
Incidents: no
Duration: 3nights 4 days
Going for the boof.
Rata going for it!
Rata...........
Phil J showing us how its done.
Dan stomping it!
Rata running the last rapid of lower Matakitaki.
Rata boat climbing!
2 -
Teaching on the Grey river!!
Date: 20-24 Fab
Location: Grey high pool, Hokitika pool, Lake Bruner, Grey River
Difficulty: Grade 0 to 2
People on trip: Greg, Dan, Tui, Gretchen, Me
Weather: Rain, Over cast
Water flow: High
Incidents: no
Duration: 4 days
Checking the gear
Lost of good eddy terns
Just taking some helpfull notes
Huking of that 300mm drop
Not quite making it tho :(
De-brieff in the rain!!
10 Days Sea Kayaking
Day 1: Got ready and drove through the snow up to Kiteriteri
Day 2: Stevens bay up to split apple rock, then had lunch on Adel island, in the afternun went up to Mosquito bay.
Day 3: Up to Shag Haber vier Tonga island, then all the way up north to Totranui for a look, back to Tonga to sleep.
Day 4: In to fals river, Frenchmans bay and then down to Apple Tree bay.
Day 5: Early start, strate out to stevens bay to the vans.
Drive up to the sounds
Day 6: My Birthday! Kayak from Momarangy up to Blumine island. saw some Dolfins!! sleped in a old gun imbankment in the hill, got ther in the dark.
Day 7: Over to ships cove for lunch and then out to the island to go fishinfg and get some powa, then down to reserlution bay for a cold night.
Day 8:out to long island and had an amazing lunch out there (All most summer ) had blu cod amd muccels for lunch. then down wind to Ruakaka for the last night in the sounds
Day9: Kayaked back out to Momarangy, ( saw some more Dolfins) then drove to Outwood Bound and got showen around befor sleeping in the padock out the back.
Day 10: Drive home to Greymouth and unpack all the gear.
In to the unknowen
Taz showing the way
The local climbing crag
EXTREME Kayaking
Activity: Kayaking week 1
Date:
Group: TPP Group 2
Location: Lake Bruner, Greymouth pool, Arnold, Grey river
Time: 1 week
Grade/difficulty: 0-2
Weather: fine mostly but some rain
Epics: NO
Comments:
Was a good first week of kayaking. Did lots of flat water and rolling, then got on to some moving water the mighty Aronld River! Moslty did personal skills but also a little bit of rescue on the last day!
Activiy: Kayaking week 2
Date:
Location: Lake Brunner, Greymouth pool, Arahura Mill town
Group: TPP Group 2
Time: 1 week
Grade/difficulty: 0-3
Weather: Fine but a little rain
Epics: NO
Comment:
Had a good 2nd week kayaking. Had some more flat water sesions and worked more on our rolling. Later on in the week we worked on rescuing techniques: T rescues, H rescues, Self rescues, Deep water rescue, Throw bagging, Boat barging, Stern carry and paddle throwing! Then we also did some work on kayaking as a team. On the friday we went down Mill Town section on the Arahura whitch was SICK
