Another apple season was looming and I needed a good mission to keep me sane for the next 2 and 1/2 months. So with Dane and Andrew we piled in Heather's car and headed for Hokitika where luckily itd rained twice during the week, most of the country was drying up. 1st up we headed into the Toaroha which i hadnt paddled for 9 years, my 1st heli trip. After flying to the normal putin Dando slingloaded the boats and flu them closer to the base of Toaroha canyon so we could mission our way up to the waterfall at the end of the canyon. Once we got there we were about 1/2ft to low to cleanly run the drop, and still needing to spend 1hr getting above it we headed down stream, stoked to have visited the canyon.
Another apple season was looming and I needed a good mission to keep me sane for the next 2 and 1/2 months. So with Dane and Andrew we piled in Heather's car and headed for Hokitika where luckily itd rained twice during the week, most of the country was drying up. 1st up we headed into the Toaroha which i hadnt paddled for 9 years, my 1st heli trip. After flying to the normal putin Dando slingloaded the boats and flu them closer to the base of Toaroha canyon so we could mission our way up to the waterfall at the end of the canyon. Once we got there we were about 1/2ft to low to cleanly run the drop, and still needing to spend 1hr getting above it we headed down stream, stoked to have visited the canyon.
After taking photos of the others running this little ledge, having noticed how well it feed into its top corner, I ferried from my eddy 1.5m above the drop ran a nice diagonal boof across the face into the eddy, only to have the boil feed me back into the keeper hole of the ledge, a few seconds later im upside down stuffed in the corner of a 3-3+? drop letting go of my paddle and having my 1st honest swim in 9years. After climbing on big yella for air I managed to ender it free. Then running off past agroup of women tramping to catch my boat.
Pair of Blueduck on lower Toaroha.
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