Karmers on a Big, Angry Day - Alone

01 May 2009. I woke up before the crack of dawn and it was cold and raining. Thoughts of staying in bed were strong in my mind, but the kayaker inside me persisted! I took a drive to Melkbosstrand but it was too dark to see anything. I could hear the waves and they sounded good. I then drove to Derde Steen and it was raining very hard and still too dark to see anything. Then I drove to Big Bay and it was still too dark. I sat alone in the car for about 15 minutes and waited for a fraction of darkness to fall away.

Mzimvubu – Day 3 – Class 6 Flat Water

Wednesday 26 November 2008. The morning arrived slowly as a low cloud hung over us and light rain was came down. My body was stiff and both Luke and I knew we were in for some flat water paddling, so motivation wasn’t running incredibly high. Still, we had a long way to go and weren’t one hundred percent sure if we could crack out the rest of the distance in time. The first photo I took was at 08:20 from the warmth of the tent with Luke collecting water from the river. I guess we must have left camp at about 09:00 or so.