February Update

With persistently wet and windy weather continuing for much of February, this meant that the river levels were up a lot of the time, allowing plenty of kayaking activity on the Dart. By the end of the month I'd notched up my 25th solo Upper Dart run this winter, as well as having enjoyed plenty of playboating sessions on the Loop. One particularly good day was when I'd forgotten my helmet funnily enough. I borrowed Elisabeth's helmet for a superb run down the Upper, before handing it over so she could run the Loop. Then I hiked up to meet Elisabeth at Triple Falls to take pictures and some video footage, but it wasn't long before I was squeezing myself into her tiny kayak for an absolutely wicked session in the bottom wave - surfing, spinning and carving it up with a massive grin on my face! Awesome fun! :) 

Some of the stronger gales we experienced during this time produced some reasonable waves on some generally quite sheltered beaches locally, allowing me to score a couple of nice surf sessions on my new surfboard which was fantastic! Got the stoke back! :)

Most of my climbing training during this period was undertaken indoors on my home wall. However, only a couple of days before the bird ban came into effect I managed to bag a quality DWS session at Berry Head, smashing out a bunch of great routes in the sunshine in my boardies for a few hours! What a perfect end to the month! Happy days! :D