As if myrun and social paddling were not enough, I enjoyed a late afternoon bit of whitewater at our local spot, Gatsien rapid. I got to paddle our Pungwe whitewater kayak for the first time (without swimming).
My challenge of the day was paddling our Vagabond Usutu whitewater sit-on-top (blue one in the photos below) with Rusty on my lap! This kayak was not made to carry a 21kg dog! On our return route she went down some little bubbly water (not a rapid) and she didn't even flinch. Unfortunately we didn't get a photo as the camera was in my backpack (on my back!).
This was Celliers' first post-shoulder-operation paddle (surgery was back in late January). It is a long road to recovery and will still take many months to gain full strength.
It was a beautiful afternoon next to the river.
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| Rusty watching Celliers run the first production Pungwe through its paces. |
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| Celliers just makes it look so easy. |
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| Ruben and Kyla chilling on the warm rock. |
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| My first turn in the Pungwe, which is my size whitewater kayak. I really don't have great skills but I did catch some eddies and do some ferrying without swimming. Rusty kept a close eye on me. |
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| On the Usutu whitewater sit-on-top. This is more my comfort zone. |
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| With my girl. |
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| Rusty rocking her doggy PFD. |
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