Tuesday 5 July 2011

French and Italian Alps Kayaking trip - June




Mid-June saw myself and good friends Jack Butcher, Greg Laywood and Jeremy van Riemsdyke taking the long drive down to the French Alps for a week of white water kayaking. A fantastic, and laughter-filled, week was had kayaking some great rivers in the alpine sunshine, including; the Lower Guisane, Briancon Gorge, Durance Slalom course, Ubaye Racecourse, Gyr, Guil, and the absolutely awesome Germanasca in Italy. In fact, the Germanasca was so good we went back on the last day of the trip and ran it again. I would even go as far as to say it was the best river I've ever paddled, involving lots of technical boulder garden paddling and tons of drops, and it suited me perfectly. Loved it! :D It was great to go just go paddling with good friends and run lots of class 4 classics. Superb! :)

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