This year at uni our practicals have been quite different from 1st year. In first year we got to go climbing, mountain biking, gorge walking, canoeing, kayaking, caving but this year we have done 8 sessions paddling and 5 sessions climbing.
My kayaking has improved a lot and I am now happy to paddle grade 3 without swimming. My first attempts at grade 3 rapids was on my birthday this year. We paddled the Greeta. I did really well staying in my boat on grade 3 stuff but as soon as we got onto easier water thats when i loose concentration and end up swimming.
I had my worse swim that day, we had nearly finished the day and I had swam twice but on the last grade 3 rapid I lost it. I ended up going down sideways and couldnt regain it so I swam. But the water was soo fast i got dragged down over the rest of the rapids trying to hold my boat and paddle and at one point got stuck underneath by boat and was unable to move it.
Climbing this year has been lacking, due to weather. Weve been to Scratchmere, Shepards Crag and a few inside rock walls.
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