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Kayaking the Soča, Day 6

Same tour as yesterday: Čezsoča via Boka to Srpenica. One had to leave early on because his paddle snapped. Not sure how but suddenly there was only half of a paddle...

Continued to Boca with more rescue training in between.

Today was my turn for a wet (or rather stony) exit. Right after Boca a surge of water pressed on my right side, couldn't edge enough and went in. Very shallow water, so no place to roll (not that I'm a confident roller...).

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Kayaking the Soča, Day 5

Today Jan joined our group coming from Hamburg via Villach and Tarvisio. We started with some theory lessons (picture below) and went from Čezsoča via Boka to Srpenica 1 w/ 1h rescue practice on the water.

Kayaking the Soča, Day 4

Srpenica 1 to Srpenica 2 aka the "Blockstrecke". Named after the many rocks und boulders (blocks) that make up for new challenges. A couple of swimmers, one minor head injury (hooray for helmets!). Made it w/o swimming.

Kayaking the Soča, Day 3

Vodenca to Boka via Čezsoča, this time for real. Quite a lot of wet exits in the group but none for me 😁

Learned today, that I tend to stop active paddling if I miss a target. Currently okay because the river is very forgiving, need to work on that.

Picture below: Vodenca.

Kayaking the Socal, Day 2

A very short one. Started at Vodenca with the plan to go to Boka via Čezsoča. Missed an eddy, drifted against a rock and lost my paddle.

Group lead couldn't catch it in time, so I left the water. Paddle was found later.

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Kayaking the Socal, Day 1

From Čezsoča to Boka in my beloved Diesel 75. I really like this boat, it feels like a natural extension of my body (or something like that) Water was very shallow and crowded.

Nothing spectacular. A relax first day on the water.

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Today we paddled the Dove Elbe and the Goose Elbe. Five hours, 19 km in total. A lot of water birds, mostly ducks, geese, and crested grebes.

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"Add 'Moin' to your personal dictionary" ✓