Love this sort of kayaking. It is a different adventure and interesting in its own way. When going through branches, I try to duck my head, body and paddle flat against the deck so I can spear through the brush. If you get stuck, I think there is less danger of the stern submerging or twisting. Have fun!
I kayak on my nearby Scottish loch and when it floods I have an absolute ball paddling through the forests and fields, across my neighbours' land and down the road! Surprised one Land Rover driver who was out having fun in the floods. I want to kayak downstream in flood to the next loch but I need a more experienced buddy for that.
My wife and I used to paddle a small river by us in Germany, the Lahn, and I remember how after a lot of rain there would be trash all over in the trees and along the bank.
Haha nope! Around 100 years ago, it was a beautiful meandering creek. As our little town grew, all the streets and parking lots became paved, so this creek became our stormwater drainage ditch. All the water from the entire city flows into this creek at some point during a storm.
@@christiantscott no , 4/5 whitewater ….you could of easily got upside down it all that brush and mess , I get that it’s not some super technical piece of water but risking getting caught in a brush pile strainer or stuffed under a pipe or even those tunnels could of had all sorts of junk in them …. Just doesn’t seem safe just to say I ran the ditch in town yesterday….but it’s your party
Love this sort of kayaking. It is a different adventure and interesting in its own way. When going through branches, I try to duck my head, body and paddle flat against the deck so I can spear through the brush. If you get stuck, I think there is less danger of the stern submerging or twisting. Have fun!
I kayak on my nearby Scottish loch and when it floods I have an absolute ball paddling through the forests and fields, across my neighbours' land and down the road! Surprised one Land Rover driver who was out having fun in the floods. I want to kayak downstream in flood to the next loch but I need a more experienced buddy for that.
My wife and I used to paddle a small river by us in Germany, the Lahn, and I remember how after a lot of rain there would be trash all over in the trees and along the bank.
Yup! We use litter collecting booms to catch all the trash after a big storm, then host volunteer cleanups to help clear them out
Awesome less the garbage in the creek
ditch yakkin.
This is awesome!
Thanks!
Is thst a sewer?
Haha nope! Around 100 years ago, it was a beautiful meandering creek. As our little town grew, all the streets and parking lots became paved, so this creek became our stormwater drainage ditch. All the water from the entire city flows into this creek at some point during a storm.
As a life long paddler and guide …..that’s super sketchy
I take it you were a flatwater guide then ;)
@@christiantscott no , 4/5 whitewater ….you could of easily got upside down it all that brush and mess , I get that it’s not some super technical piece of water but risking getting caught in a brush pile strainer or stuffed under a pipe or even those tunnels could of had all sorts of junk in them …. Just doesn’t seem safe just to say I ran the ditch in town yesterday….but it’s your party
You should've seen the last hurricane son.@@jaya2137