So this is one of my favorite rivers that we ran on this trip. It starts off like you see above. That is me boofing off its 7 meter waterfall, and then immediately goes in Grade 3-4 read and run creeking and just doesn't let up for about 5 to 6 miles. It had everything from drops to boulder gardens, to big wave trains, and a massive pine tree to avoid in one of the harder rapids. Some other rivers that we ran were the Sanna (Grade3-4), at well over flood stage, The Tossens section on the Inn River (big grade 3), The Landeck Gorge section of the Inn river (grade3-4). All of these rivers were absolutely huge, with the average wave height being anywhere from 6-10 ft tall and holes the size of my garage at home. The Lower Otz and the Swiss inn (grade 3-4 mid to high volume) was easily my favorite run of the trip. This consisted of comparatively medium volume water with boulder gardens, big waves and plenty of holes to dodge. This then dumps into the Inn River which at this section consists of my massive waves. At one point I got waved to go to the right and when I did I found myself face to face with a 30 foot wide, 12 foot tall crashing, broken wave. This is when I soon became a submarine and went right through the center of it, got tossed around, and spat out the back side of it and then proceeded to roll back up and continue on smiling from ear to ear. Meanwhile all the guys in the group were laughing hysterically and smiling about just as much. Then we made it down to the Moessa, in Switzerland. This was technically speaking the most difficult river I've ever paddled. Its a short run and only takes roughly half an hour to do from top to bottom but once it starts it doesn't stop for the whole time. Everything we did including this river we never stopped to look at we just ran it blind. The water was a crystal clear blue, and you could see every rock in the river. However this was not what I was focused on because the entire run was boulder dodging, with drops, reactionaries, and holes. This required precise lines, that just never let up. Every move has to flow directly into another or you end up like I did in the final rapid of the run and flip over in a reactionary and get bashed up a bit on all those rocks underneath. However no harm no fowl. I learned alot form this and all the other rivers I paddled. One of the biggest things I've learned is that even though I'm doing well I still have alot to learn. This is one of the reasons I can't wait to find out whats around the next bend. As I have well found through the past ten days of kayaking and road tripping around the beautiful Austrian, Swiss, and Italian Alps, it can be just about anything.
