Yesterday I did the CMH Inanda to Durban race, not with Greg (who was still away on Holiday - hopefully not eating too many mince pies)but with my cousin Charles. In February Charles and I are taking on the Stihl Non-stop Dusi, so this was our dress rehearsal. Level was a bit low, those Umgeni water guys are being ultra conservative with water although all the big dams on the Umgeni system (Midmar, Albert Falls and Inanda) are over 100% full. They only released around 13 cumecs, so it was a lot of bump and scrape over rocks in some sections, although other rapids were surprisingly good. Yours Truly took an unbelievable line at Five Fingers which cost me one broken paddle, but otherwise there wasn't too much drama. Hopefully this holding back as much water as they can will result in some big Dusi water, and hopefully even bigger water for Non-stop!
In other news; Greg did call me just now. He's back in town, reports that he had 4 good paddles in the last week on the Kei river, and that his knee is on the mend! Things are looking good! Can't wait - only 9 days to go...
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