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Ep1 Chatteaux Queryas, The None Swimmer Swims
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gosforthstu
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Fishing
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04 September 2013
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June 2013, and four members of the prestigious Piss Poor Pennine Paddlers hit the French alps for a week of paddling. Levels were high, so the paddling of cq was put off for a few day until levels lowered just enough to allow a run down the gorge. After getting up to speed on some of the other...
June 2013, and four members of the prestigious Piss Poor Pennine Paddlers hit the French alps for a week of paddling. Levels were high, so the paddling of cq was put off for a few day until levels lowered just enough to allow a run down the gorge. After getting up to speed on some of the other local classics on the previous days, the time came to hit cq. We started the day paddling the section above, followed by a spot of lunch. We had a wander up the side of cq to watch another group paddle it, but appearances are deceptive from 100ft up. The group, with the exception of Craig were bang up for it. Craig, having paddled it a few times before albeit 15yrs previous, knew what we were letting ourselves in for! James d, being the group non swimmer, showed his usual casual attitude and jumped in his boat to grab the lead. Craig, after getting himself in such a state that he forgot to put his drainplug set off shotgun, followed by James c who had given up his usual spot at the back to stu. It didn't really matter where we were in the group, once we dropped into the gorge we were on our own! Apart from Craig having a rather worrying time after getting tailied and recirculated in a rather savage eddy, whilst his boat rapidly filled with water due to the drainplug issue, we all got through okay. At least we thought we did. A lone figure precariouslying perched on the wall half way down told a different story.... The resulting swim will go down in pppp folklore history. A story which will be told many, many times. The holes will get bigger, the volume will get higher, the gorge narrower as time passes, but it shall be forever known as the day the Non swimmer swam!
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