I too did a fair bit of training in white water many moons ago. Ferry gliding and using surface flows to their best advantage, using eddys as relief zones for resting and turns and all the rest of it. I do remember very well being sucked into under currents which are so easy to miss or under-estimate. Difficult to walk rapids, but we spent ages before a run strategizing it to the best of our ability.
I had only one life threatening experience and that was being sucked under from the stern. The buoyancy of our canoes was immense, but no match for the power of those things. I got my feet tangled in the apron which tore, and went down with the canoe. A moment I'd rather forget to be honest. It's a dangerous but fantastic sport, like many others.
I had only one life threatening experience and that was being sucked under from the stern. The buoyancy of our canoes was immense, but no match for the power of those things. I got my feet tangled in the apron which tore, and went down with the canoe. A moment I'd rather forget to be honest. It's a dangerous but fantastic sport, like many others.
