A lazy start, with the morning spent doing throw line practise, live baiting and the recovery technics for pinned boats. We were unaware at this point that these technics would come in useful for the afternoon’s run.
A short drive to the famous Fournell where we could practise boofing (the move used to launch yourself away from the edge when running waterfalls) and how to land without breaking your back. The Fournell is a series of drops from 3 foot to 15 foot over a short section of river 500 meters long. Lots of runs had by all except Richard who was chief photographer, (a new facebook profile picture was found by all). Before running the drops we split into two groups half on safety whist the other half ran it. With people positioned for live baiting at the bottom drop we began running them. We were told in certain turns kit not recovered from this point very quickly would be lost for ever. No recovery point after this without death.
The largest of the drops produced some spectacular footage with people completely disappearing under the water, decks popping and some plunge pool recirculation for those who had a mishap on the way over. This drop also provided the ultimate playground for a few to strut their moves on the way over.
With our cameras full of photos and video footage we cleared the water a lit the BBQs on the river bank and watched the sun set into the evening.
Today’s Statistics, 1 Swim, 0 Injury’s
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