Wa-no-nah Strikes again

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Wa-no-nah slayed the Clutha River (Nz’s largest and the world’s 15 largest by volume), but then the Clutha slayed us on Shitter’s Ditch – a 200 meter wave train of chest high waves…

It was pretty hilarious, especially when the cooler popped open and there I was – up to my eyeballs in the Clutha with a flipped canoe, lost paddle, bobbing beers – bananas – apples and ranges all around me – all traveling at a swift rather uncomfortabel pace.  About 15 min/5km later Stevey-boy finally caught up and helped me tow the girl into the river bank….

All was inevitably salvaged save a few fruits which continued south to Cromwell – the fruit capital of NZ, one large organic beer, and an expensive pair of sun glasses.  Touche Clutha – Touche

Meet my new GF – Wa-no-nah

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So Wa-no-nah waltzed into my life straight off the New World Wanaka Wall of Wonder – if you live there, you’ll know what I’m gettin at.

Anyways-she proved to navigate the waterways of Wanaka like a champ and knew no river that couldn’t be tamed.  Above are the shots from the maiden journey down the Motatapu Gorge.

Needless to say – this got pretty damn gnarly at some points – The last shots detail a small portage where the river squeezed in between two rocks with a waterway less wide than the canoe.  Wa-no-nah was almost sacrificed….