Monday, 27 February 2012

Shavas Gorge - First Descent of Quadratic

26 Feb 12 - Medium/Low (0.95m at Old Bridge)


At last one of us had the nerve to run Quadratic Conundrum.  And it has now been renamed: Quadratic Kermit.


A late afternoon run of the Shavas gorge, with Tom, Andy and David, was proving pretty uneventful.  I was drifting backwards towards one of the smaller rapids in the gorge, chatting to the lads, when something slithered up my leg.  With a very girly scream I exited my boat like a cork from a champagne bottle, much to the mirth of the lads, and swam the rapid backwards for my trouble.  The humour and ribbing increased in tempo after Tom fished a small frog from from my boat.


We all took another long hard look at Quadratic, and I decided to run it.  I jumped in the Solo and just went for it.  The first hole was nearly my undoing, and I missed the planned line at the second, ending up on track for a proper mauling in the bottom to holes, but I managed to punch through them.


Andy showed us again how not to run Andy's drop, and the chaps all had a go at Terminal Slide, mostly pulling off a good line.  Some repairs were required to Tom's running board before we could get underway for our trip home.

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