Date: 16/09/2016
Time: 1:30pm - 4:00pm Location: Greymouth, Westcoast. Rivers/Sections: Ten Mile Ceek, Cole Creek Falls Level: Flooded, high. Weather: Heavy Rain all morning. People: Ryan O'Connor. Grade: 4+ Comments: Heavy rainfall for most of the day so we decided we'd get in some paddling after course. Decided to check out ten mile creek which is only a few kms out of Greymouth. Decided it was good to go. Scouted for a while, picked out our lines. Got on the river, paddled down the rapid. First few parts of the section were good. We hit the lines we wanted to and were paddling to a good level. Pretty scary holes but managed to avoid them. Missed half the section on my gopro. Finally we got to the last part of the section, I was on line during the entry but an unexpected flow pushed me further left then I wanted and I was pushed under a strainer. Luckily I went fully under this and managed to roll up. Ryan was pushed into the same strainer and lost his paddle but he managed to hand roll up and get through the rest of the rapid. We had to go back up to the rapid to look for Ryan's paddle which was still stuck in the strainer. We managed to get it out with 2 slings. Lessons I take from this are -Scout rapids more thoroughly -Carry a saw. We also paddled coal creek falls, which was pretty cool. About 5 metres high, good boof, clean line. Enjoyed myself.
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