Boating New Zealand – April 2018

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LEFT Close your eyes and

hope for the best.

BELOW Negotiating the

Toaroha River.

BELOW LEFT At the

Saryjaz river camp.

On every river, the kayakers stop frequently to assess

the next stage – frst, to gauge whether it is possible to

continue, then to look for the best route and where to set

up ropes to throw to a kayaker if it goes wrong.

“If you exit the kayak and can swim, there’s probably

another rapid downstream that you don’t want to swim

into,” says Ari. “Depending on the situation, you put

somebody to stand on the bank with rope that they can

throw you and you catch it and pendulum into the side.

Tere’s a lot more to it than that; it’s truly scary to get

right. A lot of times the water fows under rocks and

things which is the most dangerous situation.”

Meanwhile, they are also setting up cameras to

record the action.

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