Kayaking

This past weekend after going camping we went kayaking. The river was a little low, but thanks to the nightmarish torrential downpour that erupted onto our campsite, the river was still high enough to kayak. I am proud to say that I am the only one of the group to not "wet exit". When you wet exit, it simply means that if you turn your kayak over, instead of rolling it right side up, you pull the cord on the skirt and swim out of the boat. It is never good to stay upside in a kayak for an extended period of time, even with a helmet and protection gear. A good rule of thumb is that if you cannot roll your kayak the first time, exit. Every time you put your head back under water, the more chance you have of getting hurt you have. The only time I flipped my kayak the whole day was at the very end. There is a playspot called "ender hole". It's a natural wave that is pretty big, and if you have a playboat you can surf in it. I however, do not have a playboat at the current time. I lended mine to a friend to see if he wanted to buy it, so I went down in my creek boat. My creek boat is substantially longer than a playboat. When I tried to surf it, the back of the boat was being pulled off the wave, while the front was being pushed under, TRANSLATION=I flipped my boat. After about a second under water, I was able to roll the boat upright, so no harm no foul. Anyways, to make a long story short, I had a blast and I kicked everyone else's booty.
thanks for reading,
jake


-oh and the big rapid in the slide show is called "powell falls", much much easier than it looks