Date: 09/09/2017 Time: 9:00am - 5:00pm Location: Hokitika, Westcoast NZ Rivers: Toaroha River Level: Meduim - Low Weather: Overcast, Short periods of hail People: Ryan O'Connor, Nathan Stead, Mitchell Lamb, Jacinta Borer Grade: 4+ Comments: Awesome mission up the the exit drop of the Toaroha canyon. It was a mission that took some time but paid off. The day consisted of walking up the normal Toaroha track to the put in. Walking past that and up moving up the river. This consisted of short walking lengths and then making ferry glides across the river, paddling up slow moving pools, rock jumping and traversing across walls. This part was a first adventure where I would move up a river to the extend that we did. None of the moves were super hard, but I see it as an easy introduction to what is required to move around some of these rivers. The drop was unreal. Looking like something out of a story book, the entire scene. The falls, the pool, the surrounding gorge. The drop was only about 7 meters in height, but the lead in is where it gets tricky. It takes a hard right hand turn right above the lip where you want to place your boat on the River right side of the drop to get a good line. If you get pushed too left, you end up in a seam line that sucks you under. Good lines all round though, besides Mitchell taking a swim. The rest of the run is easy grade 4 that was tricky at the flow we had, but manageable.
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