tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-13218524072548319122024-03-21T11:23:29.236+00:00The Early Morning MissionAdam HollandAdam Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07170820932106282391noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321852407254831912.post-802891999721857882009-03-28T10:06:00.006+00:002009-03-28T10:14:11.003+00:00Booftastic in the North East<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFFM4mcuLFGn65p6ImCqI7WMHQsUBvvevgDMVHLVZtGtlnr_zhwoJArbuQ3svPqbUfzvfj1aOrI3Kju6cY4pMewwjvihIS5jQFMG2ncknOT10lWt6AyWFE19Z2YuJywiYJ-fBp53gt9gI/s1600-h/adam+boof.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFFM4mcuLFGn65p6ImCqI7WMHQsUBvvevgDMVHLVZtGtlnr_zhwoJArbuQ3svPqbUfzvfj1aOrI3Kju6cY4pMewwjvihIS5jQFMG2ncknOT10lWt6AyWFE19Z2YuJywiYJ-fBp53gt9gI/s400/adam+boof.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318178661670384402" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Photo by Tim Burne</span></em><br /><br />A little while ago we headed up to the north east of England, found a waterfall on the upper Wear and hucked our meat.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW31AF_Bw3-z-4MrWNsaIVpeks87-zMKZJOc7g2AS21RkNqvVqb6mP5MvPlHE3UttnH5izpGt6xUMON_jVXUtSCmSW6pBdbzNguaoP0_eZmvbdzQYIvk4s94GuaziOgQGWgbfLWXqv4Z4/s1600-h/rory+waterfall.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhW31AF_Bw3-z-4MrWNsaIVpeks87-zMKZJOc7g2AS21RkNqvVqb6mP5MvPlHE3UttnH5izpGt6xUMON_jVXUtSCmSW6pBdbzNguaoP0_eZmvbdzQYIvk4s94GuaziOgQGWgbfLWXqv4Z4/s400/rory+waterfall.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318178661888989394" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Xszi62tgeLaAxebEc7i-3MOlGAafKig6pcqXmp4-r4dZb4QniUOvdUQLphb-DDoH86VDf3dNG_91bcx3HcAbuYXXrGgtx6bSkO6pYlIh1NgtUt857ovkX7hg9p-pg4UiqCA9qhyphenhyphenUUwo/s1600-h/rob+macrae+waterfall.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj-Xszi62tgeLaAxebEc7i-3MOlGAafKig6pcqXmp4-r4dZb4QniUOvdUQLphb-DDoH86VDf3dNG_91bcx3HcAbuYXXrGgtx6bSkO6pYlIh1NgtUt857ovkX7hg9p-pg4UiqCA9qhyphenhyphenUUwo/s400/rob+macrae+waterfall.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5318178651039775874" /></a>Adam Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07170820932106282391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321852407254831912.post-66456105833045005132009-02-21T17:32:00.002+00:002009-02-21T17:41:55.304+00:00Rock Climbing in North Wales<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI5MKt8wWnsFVqiP9j0-uYdUZY1ih2A-H9Xp5EN46JEjvxCazYP6bdvGO09Acmt1rztXb0t_qKQVwE0ILu2TvCrRf3X8t3D-j7HhuYOPHAVniOVmNBYlMFZMV8UtjaPX89AQZGv9xedOI/s1600-h/IMGP2370.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjI5MKt8wWnsFVqiP9j0-uYdUZY1ih2A-H9Xp5EN46JEjvxCazYP6bdvGO09Acmt1rztXb0t_qKQVwE0ILu2TvCrRf3X8t3D-j7HhuYOPHAVniOVmNBYlMFZMV8UtjaPX89AQZGv9xedOI/s400/IMGP2370.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305305442095927138" /></a><br /><br />Last weekend I thought I'd try something a little different from kayaking and I headed up to North Wales with Tim and Mo to do some rock climbing! We had a great time, climbing on the Milestone Buttress on Tryfan and Tryfan Fach. Here are some of the photos.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHzPi7P0Ctj5RBSNcqkqwq5GXRnTw-NhIEFOZdh_TQbUOO69gY8kr9hInqIHywpHxcMrlEqpAohQ5HBdYZGQvchriyJHHuPiVtXMXqRsGWhapCwan4Au6QTsC2dtDSu3vizBkHA99FKOM/s1600-h/IMGP2388.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgHzPi7P0Ctj5RBSNcqkqwq5GXRnTw-NhIEFOZdh_TQbUOO69gY8kr9hInqIHywpHxcMrlEqpAohQ5HBdYZGQvchriyJHHuPiVtXMXqRsGWhapCwan4Au6QTsC2dtDSu3vizBkHA99FKOM/s400/IMGP2388.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305305437949397346" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFMKfnZRC_ZgssYmLgnHqRrNfcSgogB6N9_CPtF4O1dMFB4vNossMzivUF3RCSwkgmm0aNZd4so_V-LkdU1g4TfJIXJLbrCzE-_xbE43vKMszM-yX3Rg1JP99mDWgHXZaFMaOWFYzR-DI/s1600-h/IMGP2437.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiC1-o4L4vBvr_FBsje793cSg6_WLgQUbC-9GrfvCFnUYGMbImgZl9Hu-sJyRzCky4JglDEBsL2yArgC3hp1xT3bMS3BwmgxmSFORCo7Djlf3_hEqdOQDAFxNJbiM2a0FKy8_9HWzskihs/s400/IMGP2431.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305307142912605842" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9CzHkEDUY6r4xwvaSCAsh_ln_cs9NId2qolSnGdbpxGF9YEne0LD2JpvepWcgRtHkpuHufI9aDkj6SqYH6aJL3wA-ZmmKalx4dnXxE91D2Mg6FkeifqkHv1mQDUgB1F7KGbYdgsXxYH8/s1600-h/IMGP2424.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi9CzHkEDUY6r4xwvaSCAsh_ln_cs9NId2qolSnGdbpxGF9YEne0LD2JpvepWcgRtHkpuHufI9aDkj6SqYH6aJL3wA-ZmmKalx4dnXxE91D2Mg6FkeifqkHv1mQDUgB1F7KGbYdgsXxYH8/s400/IMGP2424.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5305307136924399906" /></a>Adam Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07170820932106282391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321852407254831912.post-44077484384753250052009-01-26T23:51:00.007+00:002009-01-28T20:14:01.444+00:00Two New Rivers, One Weekend<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirHY1ps4x2gDkPMXFOqTX91fE-_BoLrHhLSYLWdLthS-6AXy5Go1qrdG3y1_3I193uOMAKCZ7QdEKcV9HTONgGiNo03Sm8CZUU5X11bIZ-maCAble_sTtqu9tZefB6jMz520-jJ9t3MQk/s1600-h/IMGP2342.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirHY1ps4x2gDkPMXFOqTX91fE-_BoLrHhLSYLWdLthS-6AXy5Go1qrdG3y1_3I193uOMAKCZ7QdEKcV9HTONgGiNo03Sm8CZUU5X11bIZ-maCAble_sTtqu9tZefB6jMz520-jJ9t3MQk/s400/IMGP2342.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296126414163621586" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">The final sheer sided gorge of the upper Wnion</span></em><br /><br />The weekend in North Wales for me saw two new rivers paddled - The Dwyfor and the Wnion. The Dwyfor was described in the guidebook as a bigger and better Tryweryn, however the low water levels on the Saturday meant we were unable to experience everything the Dwyfor has to offer. Alistair, Oli, Derek and myself finished the river a full ninety minutes before everyone else which gave us time to watch the local village football match that was being played at the take out. I was remined how dirty village football can be when a pub style brawl erupted on the pitch amid some of the players!<br /><br />The rain came on Saturday night and we decided to paddle the Wnion on Sunday, which turned out to be a great paddle. The last two km of the upper Wnion offer really good grade 4 read and run, nothing too pushy with clean drops. The final few hundred meters is through a sheer sided gorge before the river opens out. Unfortunatley Ant suffered a blow to the face that resulted in him knocking half a toothe out on this section - Get better soon Ant.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYCGC3w9DckoVfR-xO4x50g5VDR4pcnrGkl3G62bm474f9Dinu9sb7XTtm_coVhefA7gRyfCxA_goz0MDjzxgang3-H8u6kvoJXqyiE5Q1RgjrvYHG9a0jT4o2VkXYH0ywx7dO8cWHWt0/s1600-h/n504365551_2380364_5608.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiYCGC3w9DckoVfR-xO4x50g5VDR4pcnrGkl3G62bm474f9Dinu9sb7XTtm_coVhefA7gRyfCxA_goz0MDjzxgang3-H8u6kvoJXqyiE5Q1RgjrvYHG9a0jT4o2VkXYH0ywx7dO8cWHWt0/s400/n504365551_2380364_5608.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296440047776959730" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Me on the Wnion gorge, photo by Derek Wong</span></em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCOYGGw0eY5g4vA9eo_FSEZXbqSYqmPQ9OXknE59Ri1e4d2-M501Vaud0us7kv9YjsOrrqTephGFFaU_uG8XG39QELJs4LXjLHV3_Oo2bWmpiG6NXAFkWm_3QKZknKUr9hZOd51ApMQk/s1600-h/IMGP2339.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiCOYGGw0eY5g4vA9eo_FSEZXbqSYqmPQ9OXknE59Ri1e4d2-M501Vaud0us7kv9YjsOrrqTephGFFaU_uG8XG39QELJs4LXjLHV3_Oo2bWmpiG6NXAFkWm_3QKZknKUr9hZOd51ApMQk/s400/IMGP2339.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296126406431804754" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Mark Wardle getting ready to enter the gorge on the Wnion</span></em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAVb5fBiHKsvUOsXP3nBYinhYsrr3kWPzso-LcO9JtlGS53on97qkxw6eXN5XjA4rWXtOQHUp9G6iWQLIq2HQScoXw2E_H5kEByucxRDBou1DPH1JNq2b8_6XDBfLTjRrthQWv4z1b73s/s1600-h/IMGP2329.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhAVb5fBiHKsvUOsXP3nBYinhYsrr3kWPzso-LcO9JtlGS53on97qkxw6eXN5XjA4rWXtOQHUp9G6iWQLIq2HQScoXw2E_H5kEByucxRDBou1DPH1JNq2b8_6XDBfLTjRrthQWv4z1b73s/s400/IMGP2329.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296126404721927458" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Spooky wood on the Dwyfor</span></em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSiTyEUpi1vh0R5X2KoS-f4YPJddr6_nkA-Uj7tGnqcvN867wkq4ArZgfzh8kh5fI-W4zFYSt5kI6hew3spJhsgv9EHylbgGdx_OkB_xwHaxvD3AvDcpVv41RBzjY3d9hXhFVc46vneYQ/s1600-h/IMGP2317.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSiTyEUpi1vh0R5X2KoS-f4YPJddr6_nkA-Uj7tGnqcvN867wkq4ArZgfzh8kh5fI-W4zFYSt5kI6hew3spJhsgv9EHylbgGdx_OkB_xwHaxvD3AvDcpVv41RBzjY3d9hXhFVc46vneYQ/s400/IMGP2317.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296126398614276354" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Harry Wood admiring the fleet</span></em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMrqCA1BHNor4VQaMugxZJ43EG6LfUZ-JpWWhaNflxob7LYZpzFstIEL5K7Zg_gdRwonujbdrSvDf9LIfEflkbdxqGlT0lws43Ss1Wkoio2Gq01FvChBVruMjoFRTGXxOsRfocPne_a8/s1600-h/IMGP2337.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhPMrqCA1BHNor4VQaMugxZJ43EG6LfUZ-JpWWhaNflxob7LYZpzFstIEL5K7Zg_gdRwonujbdrSvDf9LIfEflkbdxqGlT0lws43Ss1Wkoio2Gq01FvChBVruMjoFRTGXxOsRfocPne_a8/s400/IMGP2337.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5296126397328651026" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">A rare sight in North Wales - snow covered mountains!</span></em>Adam Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07170820932106282391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321852407254831912.post-58531756886032107102009-01-14T13:39:00.004+00:002009-01-14T23:36:40.155+00:00Architects go Surfing!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXTLhjhR0pJP2TRckGoPjo93yWzewQjaYMBLdbou7pmGb7IrGDWq_nsSceT8fh9u9K5HusJFnrdBjv0LTpohPKC1qumEDmySw6d-ksCobGhw7mXnx26NBPD1tM7JL9cnaTMI2CMxmON0/s1600-h/IMGP2303.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhOXTLhjhR0pJP2TRckGoPjo93yWzewQjaYMBLdbou7pmGb7IrGDWq_nsSceT8fh9u9K5HusJFnrdBjv0LTpohPKC1qumEDmySw6d-ksCobGhw7mXnx26NBPD1tM7JL9cnaTMI2CMxmON0/s400/IMGP2303.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291144292238113090" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Chris, Sarah and Tia</span></em><br /><br />On Saturday Chris Lees, Tia Randal, Sarah Bromley and I headed down Croyd beach in Devon for surfing. We were pleasantly surprised by the temperature of the water and had a really good day.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3b5_PdDwyovyub9wNgyjAzsTpUrF970PShwrVL7gMOTxQELYIaEkwHpsKfUhE7VuaeDCHE73ge_JGxMCK1UgRI2dczkd-MIkWKcnvhC9Y8MekFey5CY8j-KqRdeHkuqumKm2tPW6TTyI/s1600-h/IMGP2312.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3b5_PdDwyovyub9wNgyjAzsTpUrF970PShwrVL7gMOTxQELYIaEkwHpsKfUhE7VuaeDCHE73ge_JGxMCK1UgRI2dczkd-MIkWKcnvhC9Y8MekFey5CY8j-KqRdeHkuqumKm2tPW6TTyI/s400/IMGP2312.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291144288588384786" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgduMZMo38Y9ObJF2t93oJ5IrrbUFZRvh6hQu0LGjwXGZI4HQNtlbQ-2HBm41eDHU_56-SpHqM-eMB_bhSyY3mk2ASQx22L0F9eTWZvpcX-ZHVtiJY9z-6HHAwUbOMD27ymvyczOqP53A0/s1600-h/IMGP2314.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgduMZMo38Y9ObJF2t93oJ5IrrbUFZRvh6hQu0LGjwXGZI4HQNtlbQ-2HBm41eDHU_56-SpHqM-eMB_bhSyY3mk2ASQx22L0F9eTWZvpcX-ZHVtiJY9z-6HHAwUbOMD27ymvyczOqP53A0/s400/IMGP2314.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5291144270509155458" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Chris having his first ever paddle in a kayak</span></em>Adam Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07170820932106282391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321852407254831912.post-71909565318782915302009-01-11T14:54:00.004+00:002009-01-11T15:42:38.223+00:00Scotland New Year<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDs5vAdJXpL00C0_CMQLAdi8phL2770fWyjcJHkTXaiYnzpTPcrhjUQrP_FAqaIswa3mzlgqEQP7hMz0A4z7rX-elx9zoL2W-0naJ57-MsJnKBorX6NtGHLlJKMTY4cIepBY8jtmKzks/s1600-h/IMGP2264.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEirDs5vAdJXpL00C0_CMQLAdi8phL2770fWyjcJHkTXaiYnzpTPcrhjUQrP_FAqaIswa3mzlgqEQP7hMz0A4z7rX-elx9zoL2W-0naJ57-MsJnKBorX6NtGHLlJKMTY4cIepBY8jtmKzks/s400/IMGP2264.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290056673388323090" /></a><br /><br />New Year means the annual Imperial trip up to Scotland. This year we stayed in Roy Bridge outside Fort William. While in previous years we have always been lucky with good water levels, this year there was somewhat of a drought in the UK over the Christmas period with there having been no rain in weeks. This meant all the rivers were at an unpaddleable low level apart from the Spean gorge. Funnily enough on the first day when we paddled the Spean gorge it was the highest I had ever paddled it due to the man at the Laggan dam accidentaly switching one of the overflow pipes on! I should also mention that it was freezing. I think the air temperature was below freezing for most of the trip, with ice forming on all our river clothing and even our hair!<br /><br />However the rest of the trip there was no water, we managed a couple of scrapy runs down the arkaig, but nothing else was running. The trip was still a real fun though - we did quite a bit of walking and inspecting dry river beds and the Ceilidh on new years eve at Fort William was so much fun as usual.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK4rp3EsRV0vxLOricVuE2HsT1bJ144bl2R3ONoVmHk5pDKbb7sTvXUTMmQ2-1shPwnTyPoWjttzxZYDguqxyu7uOS19mKBGmYNVqQaB9HiuE07lvkf-emk72z2Zwlv2LgLVWrDQryoRI/s1600-h/IMGP2267.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgK4rp3EsRV0vxLOricVuE2HsT1bJ144bl2R3ONoVmHk5pDKbb7sTvXUTMmQ2-1shPwnTyPoWjttzxZYDguqxyu7uOS19mKBGmYNVqQaB9HiuE07lvkf-emk72z2Zwlv2LgLVWrDQryoRI/s400/IMGP2267.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290056671673988914" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoU_9JZFrbuV_KY1u7FauDL31fzhyD5R6RYnFXTSNowH3ICZ28NsWVQWcgmQHzqz3We6rCKzr-K7SwCQMppraV9FYA8BH7qFgU8_xQ_BcYRBWCffwItE1AwqlxyxhNta_ywjFYMW-Dw2Y/s1600-h/IMGP2271.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgoU_9JZFrbuV_KY1u7FauDL31fzhyD5R6RYnFXTSNowH3ICZ28NsWVQWcgmQHzqz3We6rCKzr-K7SwCQMppraV9FYA8BH7qFgU8_xQ_BcYRBWCffwItE1AwqlxyxhNta_ywjFYMW-Dw2Y/s400/IMGP2271.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290056671312674322" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ98fiDi_QPSzpKYK1EcJvufJGi4JHXM1-B9A-N2EevNqWB6HGa3m8mu_xA1C8tb4Plq9trcd72bPMj9R4AgCUJo9BqBPcKFAkiFqJ0UsAo_zx8dkrQ5ZCKeI-m0S_M5nGaS-wl7hfNno/s1600-h/IMGP2293.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZ98fiDi_QPSzpKYK1EcJvufJGi4JHXM1-B9A-N2EevNqWB6HGa3m8mu_xA1C8tb4Plq9trcd72bPMj9R4AgCUJo9BqBPcKFAkiFqJ0UsAo_zx8dkrQ5ZCKeI-m0S_M5nGaS-wl7hfNno/s400/IMGP2293.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290056667636077074" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiUC2WAXXV0NagKRm5YPOh1V2ikTs9TfBVm7_2-15F2NSqGIzbWseOMQpS22vtiY83hTes-2SKpwbI0tCjwFAJazyi4nu0svveOJFJOGLGSI5bw1RIcyR3L6y9Xc_YZ3g3xctfzAFmSrA/s1600-h/IMGP2291.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgiUC2WAXXV0NagKRm5YPOh1V2ikTs9TfBVm7_2-15F2NSqGIzbWseOMQpS22vtiY83hTes-2SKpwbI0tCjwFAJazyi4nu0svveOJFJOGLGSI5bw1RIcyR3L6y9Xc_YZ3g3xctfzAFmSrA/s400/IMGP2291.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5290056664027932386" /></a>Adam Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07170820932106282391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321852407254831912.post-60884578060252347512008-12-08T14:24:00.006+00:002008-12-08T16:10:16.104+00:00Adventure Paddlers Weekend<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzL4lBWvi0L1AUEw7oIBbn4nY-Y9W_hCeOnThYeuyIVzufts5XdnJJTnWMuZAqNHHD47PZRiOzpo-IzA70dddSko6MnhyphenhyphenPcWddAVIXZTf-Pwo4HSvGn5PSlKluE_rBW6XhfpCY7SKLFA/s1600-h/dart_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEivzL4lBWvi0L1AUEw7oIBbn4nY-Y9W_hCeOnThYeuyIVzufts5XdnJJTnWMuZAqNHHD47PZRiOzpo-IzA70dddSko6MnhyphenhyphenPcWddAVIXZTf-Pwo4HSvGn5PSlKluE_rBW6XhfpCY7SKLFA/s400/dart_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277436977421329330" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Tom Haywood on Euthanasia Falls, The Dart</span></em><br /><br />This was the weekend of the annual Adventure Paddlers Weekend organized by Gene 17. This involved kayaking in Devon with a series of lectures on the Saturday night, held at the River Dart Country night. Tom, Joe and I decided to drive down on the Thursday night and get a run in of the Hoaroak Water and East Lyn, before meeting up with Imperial Canoe club on the Friday night.<br /><br />We were met by a nice medium level on the Hoaroak and East Lyn, two rivers that I had paddled almost a year ago to the day, but in massive spate! This meant we were unable to paddle the gorge section on the Lyn due to it being too high. However this year we managed to paddle it. We also walked up Hoaroak Water, a trib of the Lyn and found a series of interesting drops.<br /><br />On Saturday and Sunday we paddled a very cold Dart. It was really good to get some of my friends from Imperial down the upper, who had never paddled it before.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhio3A-vkrSFjsmv6HxSsWs-O2ud_AzENt-UU0QYbqccB-Pkx2IFF4bePccPeQ0d6iOabeZ6HFYXNWUw6vr_SGfmInpl099cqWytF8flXTZFm0tKHC02QQx2v6MS8JzqFa3m38O5Ng2_OI/s1600-h/hoaroak_3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhio3A-vkrSFjsmv6HxSsWs-O2ud_AzENt-UU0QYbqccB-Pkx2IFF4bePccPeQ0d6iOabeZ6HFYXNWUw6vr_SGfmInpl099cqWytF8flXTZFm0tKHC02QQx2v6MS8JzqFa3m38O5Ng2_OI/s400/hoaroak_3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277436970128028754" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Joe Freeman hucking his meat on Hoaroak Water!</span></em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0K6XXKIcpBROyBUzkGesTmp3CqhlzNXYE9_KsAR7-nBi2Qhur2tXPMnNukmMNcZGyK0x8pp6jSHc889aEtFqIi5RTiXY2T-v2dbIXyWbRSFbMYeWovq9kuBxq4MUEeM_nqWhtjxFwPc8/s1600-h/hoaroak_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh0K6XXKIcpBROyBUzkGesTmp3CqhlzNXYE9_KsAR7-nBi2Qhur2tXPMnNukmMNcZGyK0x8pp6jSHc889aEtFqIi5RTiXY2T-v2dbIXyWbRSFbMYeWovq9kuBxq4MUEeM_nqWhtjxFwPc8/s400/hoaroak_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277436967399287746" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Me on Hoaroak Water</span></em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5FR8lCL6Pu2sloEHFw3iXyQ0RqZPdYTozUBYSrEnWsPkp9PbKLlWsUxlrnOOVWTC0bz9Zw3N2A7UHXHpmQgi7qBJrzwhgBo6zpLdxygf9lWkE8xuu_T7nSLz_DbI51hXSERdguFEijqk/s1600-h/hoaroak_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh5FR8lCL6Pu2sloEHFw3iXyQ0RqZPdYTozUBYSrEnWsPkp9PbKLlWsUxlrnOOVWTC0bz9Zw3N2A7UHXHpmQgi7qBJrzwhgBo6zpLdxygf9lWkE8xuu_T7nSLz_DbI51hXSERdguFEijqk/s400/hoaroak_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277436956164864386" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Me on Hoaroak Water</span></em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbcy5hbu_Qa2JfKj6JmG4piln1nmWQN4rLSmss3D7G9Trtf8CxHQmImzUW9SeHrtlT7Cxn09Be60zXL4dcLShaciqJ5iYajSLl_qZdp9rlhjYUk1q4OyvP44gjGwTu9piWxeBm8stoiRE/s1600-h/lyn_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbcy5hbu_Qa2JfKj6JmG4piln1nmWQN4rLSmss3D7G9Trtf8CxHQmImzUW9SeHrtlT7Cxn09Be60zXL4dcLShaciqJ5iYajSLl_qZdp9rlhjYUk1q4OyvP44gjGwTu9piWxeBm8stoiRE/s400/lyn_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277439438443606818" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Tom entering the Lyn Gorge</span></em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5OXbWz7Pd92R1yHtLmfCJct2_FVPjkCijaOgLblQUWGnTxKaoSAeMPqDU37Yu7gEyviMcSwyVA-JJJymFeSoKCDxeDhBibbOhNb13BwhYd4VPf8rRmz-XHad7f1__JbruHYx1G92ODM/s1600-h/lyn_4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgH5OXbWz7Pd92R1yHtLmfCJct2_FVPjkCijaOgLblQUWGnTxKaoSAeMPqDU37Yu7gEyviMcSwyVA-JJJymFeSoKCDxeDhBibbOhNb13BwhYd4VPf8rRmz-XHad7f1__JbruHYx1G92ODM/s400/lyn_4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277438266966586946" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Firing it up on the gorge</span></em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhMY69o9FRUI1REwnpWy5ykNqu9nNPPGEve0RYwk4_sgv7Picl0L_CwVxWwwkSSXtGxWXzDpnIph2PN0cfXffqnHpf3yqE2B1grmuRVuAyGfnCX1jgvBsXtU39U_8fDypASciVFO8vw740/s1600-h/lyn_3.jpg"><img style="display:block; 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margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDQ4U8qPOQot4g2wPc3eX2YFCvcULZeHI1BObq_Asp3gRJeqDqwYuMpNJPENZBidTfxcl87G4JAKjqZyLJrK4CDmehnIGyBYWJwP0fKt0Lzxx1jBUIRAlNVawaVEez3nepv6QD_zxktsQ/s400/dart_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5277438272291160370" /></a>Adam Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07170820932106282391noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321852407254831912.post-568608253162385712008-11-30T22:05:00.005+00:002008-12-01T13:57:54.726+00:00The Lower Prysor<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOF90tdBm60LMmbBo_KVkdbkUXer8ujBSYAKd9gm3mA1xMNHpNETdBSWNJZzMRiRZVCorbEhyphenhyphen3azMnheuRGJVY9vp8K2R8yTDQ5MkTMXrUB1hR-A-83_RSiB7_K9l7n_5hRmqbuwZGa_g/s1600-h/prysor_4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOF90tdBm60LMmbBo_KVkdbkUXer8ujBSYAKd9gm3mA1xMNHpNETdBSWNJZzMRiRZVCorbEhyphenhyphen3azMnheuRGJVY9vp8K2R8yTDQ5MkTMXrUB1hR-A-83_RSiB7_K9l7n_5hRmqbuwZGa_g/s400/prysor_4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274576480931179026" /></a><br /><br />On Saturday Tom and I headed up to North Wales to meet Patrick Clissold and Tom Laws for some boating action. Unfortunately as usual the water level was very low. Undetered we decided to have a look at the lower prysor, as some of the drops go in low water. The first large fall at the get on is Rheader Du. This intimidating fall begins as a 30 metre slide into a ten metre waterfall at the bottom. After spending extensive time looking at it we decided to leave it for another day.<br /><br />The rest of the river was a gorge walk with a boat save three really sweet draops into a vertical sided gorge. The first drop is a six metre waterfall into a large cauldron. We all came of this drop buzzing and remarked how similar it was to right angle on the etive. After this followed a really smoothe slide and a further smaller drop. Although the river was far to low to paddle other than these three drops we all felt it was worth it, and it's a new river to tick off!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjelDMkhoewZgZN5a_M-zkizRaYVLhXYnsrboFEzy3omRnpgB_vd35VQ9y8DBG2A5Y_Nfr8txderwXv0kxmQaYky_fJDDQcRtEhIanWHSMtLfwMPURu5mCSubybVLulqZTOwVBGwQWQcbI/s1600-h/prysor_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjelDMkhoewZgZN5a_M-zkizRaYVLhXYnsrboFEzy3omRnpgB_vd35VQ9y8DBG2A5Y_Nfr8txderwXv0kxmQaYky_fJDDQcRtEhIanWHSMtLfwMPURu5mCSubybVLulqZTOwVBGwQWQcbI/s400/prysor_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274576139945890626" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbQTRbc-JaU-Xvu8bz2w6oTTezaDNlQmcJhCF0v8gRvYXki5XAurEmNcuEFlpF5Hg7WtNdRPM0A2UmkUIqMHnphnQ1MB7L5uQmLHdjxmEyMPZsWk1Ox8FepTBs_JIPsRsXBMowXjwL3pE/s1600-h/prysor_5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhbQTRbc-JaU-Xvu8bz2w6oTTezaDNlQmcJhCF0v8gRvYXki5XAurEmNcuEFlpF5Hg7WtNdRPM0A2UmkUIqMHnphnQ1MB7L5uQmLHdjxmEyMPZsWk1Ox8FepTBs_JIPsRsXBMowXjwL3pE/s400/prysor_5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274576128969088114" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Rh_IpJgBfBEjpamcybVMARnOdysPG-YEInmoB8Bu_1OXoQ5oyklzrUDDoC_i5LraKHM3-HvFS_k0Yf-iwIcz1Y3-YUQmglN7sW7D9Ip32MGwTNzWIiV506b4AcPi7yOG8PYgVdRZ_SU/s1600-h/prysor_3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj4Rh_IpJgBfBEjpamcybVMARnOdysPG-YEInmoB8Bu_1OXoQ5oyklzrUDDoC_i5LraKHM3-HvFS_k0Yf-iwIcz1Y3-YUQmglN7sW7D9Ip32MGwTNzWIiV506b4AcPi7yOG8PYgVdRZ_SU/s400/prysor_3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274576126315758866" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAidzoT5-KH-GXVK7wH211IrIXgqTuCFX22CCqlHIG3GfY7L4Uoxo2sUy4yvVjdXUwvBRodOyzJhNuqCixlt4yTAmkZvhNcsARcR_XS5SK4weH9_ABouAlBQzXXu3cZlYTp-IklEtdPY4/s1600-h/prysor_6.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAidzoT5-KH-GXVK7wH211IrIXgqTuCFX22CCqlHIG3GfY7L4Uoxo2sUy4yvVjdXUwvBRodOyzJhNuqCixlt4yTAmkZvhNcsARcR_XS5SK4weH9_ABouAlBQzXXu3cZlYTp-IklEtdPY4/s400/prysor_6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274576122044364402" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGsi7OQQyxlRlNexgSeoOSc9eokv2CwqcERDDlGYK4kMsKPEA7i2x3CgJdcShaT2lBRmoirnyYMyNrqCUDZ4UyD_LcLBeMjY9yC4k-TjR4bifq1CemW3eNNQRZ2TBBkICGo1NQufdsuEU/s1600-h/prysor_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjGsi7OQQyxlRlNexgSeoOSc9eokv2CwqcERDDlGYK4kMsKPEA7i2x3CgJdcShaT2lBRmoirnyYMyNrqCUDZ4UyD_LcLBeMjY9yC4k-TjR4bifq1CemW3eNNQRZ2TBBkICGo1NQufdsuEU/s400/prysor_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5274576119447034546" /></a>Adam Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07170820932106282391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321852407254831912.post-57224662228195518732008-11-21T18:05:00.020+00:002008-11-26T02:07:24.266+00:00India 2008<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr0S7OhukH-Vgx_LcesFw9qt_QMQIWTSDdz3h5CjrH_fjueg8KXX4WxTbM_4O7oQbPgZ6DRsTbXio8pP1mHOc8M6mBTtlmJ8bRA-bboZb9s2Cudw1Y3xcLchgKGjMPW_FlX8ztdMiHg7M/s1600-h/zanskar_3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjr0S7OhukH-Vgx_LcesFw9qt_QMQIWTSDdz3h5CjrH_fjueg8KXX4WxTbM_4O7oQbPgZ6DRsTbXio8pP1mHOc8M6mBTtlmJ8bRA-bboZb9s2Cudw1Y3xcLchgKGjMPW_FlX8ztdMiHg7M/s400/zanskar_3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272300936457550514" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">The Zanskar</span></em><br /><br />This summer I went to India for over two months with the aim of paddling some of the best rivers the Indian Himalaya has to offer. I went with Tim Burne, Tom Haywood, Ralph Evins, Tom Laws, Patrick Clissold and Dave Goadby. The Expedition was to be exploritory with the aim of exploring the little paddled Spiti valley region in Himachal Pradesh as well as paddling some of the classic rivers the area had to offer. India is such a great destination for paddling because it is cheap, the logistics of traveling from river to river are easy and it offers some of the best paddling in the world.<br /><br />Starting in Delhi, we worked our way up through the states of Uttaranchal, Himachal Pradesh and Ladakh exporing the rivers each region had to offer. There's a few photos here of some of the rivers we paddled, but I am in the process of writing a full trip report with river notes of all the rivers we did, which I will post up here when I have finished.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjonW8KGpPASD0ww6__fktMw-gRdK4e-JGroyhYsaY8GAAhC63SeI_Y5TlSP6QEbRv-C4RztNLpROXs8kniBhW9WLzamOZ0m8NYRRnLNvbhVCFzE00OQTmKPYg5_mNCoLDJe_QnE6rqyo4/s1600-h/zanskar_5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjonW8KGpPASD0ww6__fktMw-gRdK4e-JGroyhYsaY8GAAhC63SeI_Y5TlSP6QEbRv-C4RztNLpROXs8kniBhW9WLzamOZ0m8NYRRnLNvbhVCFzE00OQTmKPYg5_mNCoLDJe_QnE6rqyo4/s400/zanskar_5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272618884364351602" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">The Zanskar</span></em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQo8yL7LsxilPGVwzppdwlQQfJkLQBJSN8YenK-2gy-Q9FsZx9jZ90pLF8dXCPBfX5QqI1NFF407mQV1uvwPBJWVA8VzTpen19Th9Z-ZaoZsTerD-yRZl12D0bHgewz0OBtTYLl7mGcxI/s1600-h/tsarup_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQo8yL7LsxilPGVwzppdwlQQfJkLQBJSN8YenK-2gy-Q9FsZx9jZ90pLF8dXCPBfX5QqI1NFF407mQV1uvwPBJWVA8VzTpen19Th9Z-ZaoZsTerD-yRZl12D0bHgewz0OBtTYLl7mGcxI/s400/tsarup_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272618892111165874" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">The Tsarup Chu</span></em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjqMWIwyzgdqLvLBjVTBTJuf4ntPcIr2m_TA2-z20zBOElbyHzGHYdlqy4z577_ZeznquOwV512kpL918kRF6nA7Xya_YWUZBU7UtazJeqM9yKZh62pEp04wvVbnCtUGQuLYsE_Gjjmpk/s1600-h/chandravalley.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjjqMWIwyzgdqLvLBjVTBTJuf4ntPcIr2m_TA2-z20zBOElbyHzGHYdlqy4z577_ZeznquOwV512kpL918kRF6nA7Xya_YWUZBU7UtazJeqM9yKZh62pEp04wvVbnCtUGQuLYsE_Gjjmpk/s400/chandravalley.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272618937358742834" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Travelling high in the Spiti Valley</span></em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpCT6wT3Nwdroz1g-o_LZKXrvT7cy-qTMdTTIfdiZ1a3IdP22cSF8DWrYPEs8qcGnvPzY5J-WgziKuRffJrB42ybYbAs5VQMw054DINGgU2RPZOYeautYgnYZ0PzEO1TQRiDMOfxkWrkA/s1600-h/tsarup_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgpCT6wT3Nwdroz1g-o_LZKXrvT7cy-qTMdTTIfdiZ1a3IdP22cSF8DWrYPEs8qcGnvPzY5J-WgziKuRffJrB42ybYbAs5VQMw054DINGgU2RPZOYeautYgnYZ0PzEO1TQRiDMOfxkWrkA/s400/tsarup_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272618933869028482" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">The Tsarup Chu</span></em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQqxsfWEwk9g9HdrCBkcXTEe1Hl_XE5A6o7Wz5208PVFZLzvz1sUoLbVMQgBPc_jPoy4nQG-lk3FUMp9hXZWpT2dqpTHkCz2nPJpPc6JQ1W9kaL9sGvCgmHuAzeHHsiYNZ4Xywo2Prlxc/s1600-h/zanskar_4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgQqxsfWEwk9g9HdrCBkcXTEe1Hl_XE5A6o7Wz5208PVFZLzvz1sUoLbVMQgBPc_jPoy4nQG-lk3FUMp9hXZWpT2dqpTHkCz2nPJpPc6JQ1W9kaL9sGvCgmHuAzeHHsiYNZ4Xywo2Prlxc/s400/zanskar_4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272618928347803858" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Locals</span></em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUTTzrqixUxm8tFLLTdHQNDNuQTzTf8jEVvThaAdBEw_lWapTgPgGvjNcVtY6Hy5OEyOn7szH4X6v3vD_vhee4Ja8nimsxhohlTEHlSEScUqd_tcEvd-EvPKmnYVUC6XUgVcDG-u4OK64/s1600-h/guyndi.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgUTTzrqixUxm8tFLLTdHQNDNuQTzTf8jEVvThaAdBEw_lWapTgPgGvjNcVtY6Hy5OEyOn7szH4X6v3vD_vhee4Ja8nimsxhohlTEHlSEScUqd_tcEvd-EvPKmnYVUC6XUgVcDG-u4OK64/s400/guyndi.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272619888825612258" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Crossing the Guyndi on our probable first descent</span></em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeAHHLQ7eVcPej3SJcio2aEJp-rzx7PnbO_plC0RDg6eTx1XqJ6dlW_W-bGBwq7N2ZQEownaVT5IXnajwCTAHbrDcFMVbuXToUrsG333QEp_d-qjNdHmp2U1B6M1Tk5n06Y9ywQ0RXUlQ/s1600-h/pindar_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgeAHHLQ7eVcPej3SJcio2aEJp-rzx7PnbO_plC0RDg6eTx1XqJ6dlW_W-bGBwq7N2ZQEownaVT5IXnajwCTAHbrDcFMVbuXToUrsG333QEp_d-qjNdHmp2U1B6M1Tk5n06Y9ywQ0RXUlQ/s400/pindar_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272620979736143666" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">The Pindar</span></em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZE3vIH53ZSUCS849JcVl3_vUF9E05F8iakCeJYzYMM8yVdTHB8wKOBFi2yd4WU7TAL7oLBvbzjv2HZXYEl6rq42QecrJ22eXHEbBRZUSUko8z7-wlgXFIMmQ4YbTy_iUoq33r8_Zv1ec/s1600-h/manalsu.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhZE3vIH53ZSUCS849JcVl3_vUF9E05F8iakCeJYzYMM8yVdTHB8wKOBFi2yd4WU7TAL7oLBvbzjv2HZXYEl6rq42QecrJ22eXHEbBRZUSUko8z7-wlgXFIMmQ4YbTy_iUoq33r8_Zv1ec/s400/manalsu.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272621503714328274" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">The Manalsu Nala</span></em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTcR4QNmrjoGu946JOqdWaGqngHLym0N15v7dtg3KRrkaek38DXw46FquzcepjI0mYCCIqg2ykN64ddmspO9utMsm32QKUH2c1_LlYmYOwZSL0SnwHt-vkmjeyRzxuJXNgC2KLl50t_1o/s1600-h/tons_3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTcR4QNmrjoGu946JOqdWaGqngHLym0N15v7dtg3KRrkaek38DXw46FquzcepjI0mYCCIqg2ykN64ddmspO9utMsm32QKUH2c1_LlYmYOwZSL0SnwHt-vkmjeyRzxuJXNgC2KLl50t_1o/s400/tons_3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272781785976744754" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">The Tons</span></em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPilLOz0bDvqQQ4CotsHW1HeubJBV5dskYBS55yWysugJoHluTdW5s0YRY3x_wogAWTG8FqDy8e3O5m0epSnfPKRKUYuUG4KU3obDUAjNGsbG-wTOt5a2Heg8ZHvTEjIrWtLxROn9xihM/s1600-h/yamuna_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiPilLOz0bDvqQQ4CotsHW1HeubJBV5dskYBS55yWysugJoHluTdW5s0YRY3x_wogAWTG8FqDy8e3O5m0epSnfPKRKUYuUG4KU3obDUAjNGsbG-wTOt5a2Heg8ZHvTEjIrWtLxROn9xihM/s400/yamuna_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272620970299283122" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">The Yamuna</span></em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wXNkXqAIgrmLGaoABca7Dx8hA9Xx3-3gNnLaqQYL96nu4ZMDKIpWJ58X1dUVgAeSSWcXMByrUAJ3WJwAmygUVFxX-VrFHZ7cfXPr4OoAfN4jcOga3u9n3KMCypZsLQqJi8avPbVnsQQ/s1600-h/yamuna_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi3wXNkXqAIgrmLGaoABca7Dx8hA9Xx3-3gNnLaqQYL96nu4ZMDKIpWJ58X1dUVgAeSSWcXMByrUAJ3WJwAmygUVFxX-VrFHZ7cfXPr4OoAfN4jcOga3u9n3KMCypZsLQqJi8avPbVnsQQ/s400/yamuna_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272622371142585042" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">carrying to the put on</span></em><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKHKxHM7PGTQLAzhPPc5v7-0IcL4MpXg4qZk2lzddTrPjVvjCLSF0cl6eGYZ0GFCWK3i9C5-g1k6k9BHQDw326WSWbZOLAXctbBxKYvkQKwd_H1lpnJ83Ct-EcZ07IHSyzOZXEEZMnmtI/s1600-h/tons_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgKHKxHM7PGTQLAzhPPc5v7-0IcL4MpXg4qZk2lzddTrPjVvjCLSF0cl6eGYZ0GFCWK3i9C5-g1k6k9BHQDw326WSWbZOLAXctbBxKYvkQKwd_H1lpnJ83Ct-EcZ07IHSyzOZXEEZMnmtI/s400/tons_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272620968501919602" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">The Tons</span></em>Adam Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07170820932106282391noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1321852407254831912.post-11337286558413906622008-11-17T17:15:00.001+00:002008-11-25T16:12:03.840+00:00The Hepste<div align="center"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqdy5iAiRGKyVtUwkm9k1Iet282g2Vm2ll2wfccjOuCL6DCrD-h0_GfxAjWq2FXVLXnStPHbe9VAuz2cXIcMWsk3jWcNKCqNxSLdQi7CqXztdEdxb6XwDj2-W3VQD_rjnR5Lb8akHA1xI/s1600-h/hepste_4.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgqdy5iAiRGKyVtUwkm9k1Iet282g2Vm2ll2wfccjOuCL6DCrD-h0_GfxAjWq2FXVLXnStPHbe9VAuz2cXIcMWsk3jWcNKCqNxSLdQi7CqXztdEdxb6XwDj2-W3VQD_rjnR5Lb8akHA1xI/s400/hepste_4.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272625949382195010" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Sgwd yr Eira Falls</span></em><br /><br />I've just returned from my 15 week kayaking trip to the himalayas and I wanted to get out paddling back in the UK again. While I was away I realised how important it is to document all your kayaking adventures, so I've set up this blog to allow family and friends to see what I get up to when I go kayaking.<br /><br />Joe Freeman, Mark Flower and myself decided to drive up from London to South Wales for the day and meet Rob Tuley to paddle the Hepste. The Hepste is a trib of the Mellte, a run that all of us, with the exception of Mark, had paddled before. We were curious, so we thought we'd go and explore!<br /><br />The river felt like a mini expedition due to the walk in across the Brecon Beacons. A really rewarding way to start a river.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih0lM4J7RHm21jiRCU43UiyhsAXGtrnzQ5DTIoHXpZbh9eGkPEtJNF06xIqjEJnkKLusxcOH_ckWogbGEKkIB4adOKPUBbt9YNJNDGgh67lQZvbkzj69Xusx2LYrgV5le1aiMfjvT-jTU/s1600-h/hepste_2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih0lM4J7RHm21jiRCU43UiyhsAXGtrnzQ5DTIoHXpZbh9eGkPEtJNF06xIqjEJnkKLusxcOH_ckWogbGEKkIB4adOKPUBbt9YNJNDGgh67lQZvbkzj69Xusx2LYrgV5le1aiMfjvT-jTU/s400/hepste_2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272626488077713794" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><em>The walk in</em><br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSai4fQZTZrfFrolcV1YIsITYbQ5vlqk2SjM5Pco3E9Xgi_0kilQYYSi8_MZPBCLaiFBr-zOENZ26pf2apL8ccvHYbyb5Yv9ogdrJtJpHyFGFREZ-tSOCIDePNrMeFERTVcc4hqt5tBmg/s1600-h/hepste_1.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjSai4fQZTZrfFrolcV1YIsITYbQ5vlqk2SjM5Pco3E9Xgi_0kilQYYSi8_MZPBCLaiFBr-zOENZ26pf2apL8ccvHYbyb5Yv9ogdrJtJpHyFGFREZ-tSOCIDePNrMeFERTVcc4hqt5tBmg/s400/hepste_1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272626964673413810" /></a><em><span style="font-size:78%;">Mark on one of the slides</span></em><br /><br />The first half of the river was full of nice bedrock slides and ledge drops. Unfortunately the water level was on the low side, so it was all a bit scrapy. Apparently, above where we put in there is also a really sweet 5 metre waterfall! We'll definately come back again to this run when there is more water.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1IcTv2MOGmeMAtOxaD5lGFr6hk8R0Af-BwwJqv5O8hltA1hFizlcYPV1aJH_zhDMmox70Bh4m7NV1AXqVHvbWMHAr0rk_0zIT7pJUpNOjueuLJH1NWyFC4kVaPQjDcePLyXKOvjouBPQ/s1600-h/hepste_3.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1IcTv2MOGmeMAtOxaD5lGFr6hk8R0Af-BwwJqv5O8hltA1hFizlcYPV1aJH_zhDMmox70Bh4m7NV1AXqVHvbWMHAr0rk_0zIT7pJUpNOjueuLJH1NWyFC4kVaPQjDcePLyXKOvjouBPQ/s400/hepste_3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272628535380818274" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><em>behind the waterfall</em><br /></span><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmqr4_0DkUVq8-DXIK3Fs4DiNILKgTGt_bn_lHtRPiOjRNM4ph8cqOcY460G2LWD9bKNI81VUHwlA-yNfGbKGxkEEDtI9NdrrbL_3iAu5IpVj1K4nbAErl3cihmQw92l6n3fmenB98xEg/s1600-h/hepste_5.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: undefinedpx; height: undefinedpx;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmqr4_0DkUVq8-DXIK3Fs4DiNILKgTGt_bn_lHtRPiOjRNM4ph8cqOcY460G2LWD9bKNI81VUHwlA-yNfGbKGxkEEDtI9NdrrbL_3iAu5IpVj1K4nbAErl3cihmQw92l6n3fmenB98xEg/s400/hepste_5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5272627773299918274" /></a><span style="font-size:78%;"><em>Joe on the first kayakless decent of Sgwd yr Eira...</em><br /></span><br />After a couple of kilometres, the river suddenly drops away in the form of the huge Sgwd yr Eira Falls, which has been run, but we decided to portage. Immediately below here are three really nice drops in a gorge, but the fourth is a terminal waterfall landing on rocks. It is possible to run the first three, but you MUST make the eddy above the lip of the final fall. We decided it wasn't worth the risk - was very frustrating! The Hepste then flows into the Mellte a few hundred metres below here.<br /><br />Overall an exploratory day. We'll be back in to do the upper in higher water. </div>Adam Hollandhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07170820932106282391noreply@blogger.com0