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rapid number nine has always been for

rapid number nine has always been for many years now it’s been that right it’s

many years now it’s been that right it’s

many years now it’s been that right it’s been everything that I do kayak and fall

been everything that I do kayak and fall

been everything that I do kayak and fall that’s really what it’s all about you

that’s really what it’s all about you

that’s really what it’s all about you know that that ride of emotions that you

know that that ride of emotions that you

know that that ride of emotions that you experience as you take on this challenge

experience as you take on this challenge

experience as you take on this challenge and arrive at the bottom and you’ve just

and arrive at the bottom and you’ve just

and arrive at the bottom and you’ve just had the time of your life whilst being

had the time of your life whilst being

had the time of your life whilst being somewhat terrified at the same time

ix is actually called by the commercial

ix is actually called by the commercial rafting companies commercial suicide

rafting companies commercial suicide

rafting companies commercial suicide actually all of the clients that come

actually all of the clients that come

actually all of the clients that come down the river walk around number nine

down the river walk around number nine

down the river walk around number nine it’s it’s what they would call a class

it’s it’s what they would call a class

it’s it’s what they would call a class six rapid I would call it a number of

six rapid I would call it a number of

six rapid I would call it a number of things the beating of a lifetime

now a rapid number nine has various

now a rapid number nine has various levels and particularly at the level

levels and particularly at the level

levels and particularly at the level we’ve now seen it at surviving it has

we’ve now seen it at surviving it has

we’ve now seen it at surviving it has every kind of difficult challenge that

every kind of difficult challenge that

every kind of difficult challenge that you would want out of any rapid with way

you would want out of any rapid with way

you would want out of any rapid with way more consequence than 90% of Rapids that

more consequence than 90% of Rapids that

more consequence than 90% of Rapids that are run anywhere in the world

are run anywhere in the world

are run anywhere in the world and so we really need to plan our line

and so we really need to plan our line

and so we really need to plan our line it’s not a matter of just floating in

it’s not a matter of just floating in

it’s not a matter of just floating in and hoping for the best

and hoping for the best

and hoping for the best there’s distinct maneuvers that have to

there’s distinct maneuvers that have to

there’s distinct maneuvers that have to be done first of all you have to

be done first of all you have to

be done first of all you have to approach it from exactly the right place

approach it from exactly the right place

approach it from exactly the right place now one thing you must remember when

now one thing you must remember when

now one thing you must remember when you’re sitting at water level in your

you’re sitting at water level in your

you’re sitting at water level in your kayak as you approach a rapid you

kayak as you approach a rapid you

kayak as you approach a rapid you actually can’t see it is just a horizon

actually can’t see it is just a horizon

actually can’t see it is just a horizon line and so you now you’ve got to make

line and so you now you’ve got to make

line and so you now you’ve got to make some sort of guesstimate of where you

some sort of guesstimate of where you

some sort of guesstimate of where you need to be finally it reveals itself and

need to be finally it reveals itself and

need to be finally it reveals itself and then you start to drop in when you first

then you start to drop in when you first

then you start to drop in when you first see that massive rapid number nine it

see that massive rapid number nine it

see that massive rapid number nine it puts an immediate smile on your face the

puts an immediate smile on your face the

puts an immediate smile on your face the problem with that going from a

problem with that going from a

problem with that going from a constricted zone into a big open sort of

constricted zone into a big open sort of

constricted zone into a big open sort of areas that you seeing massive boils

areas that you seeing massive boils

areas that you seeing massive boils massive whirlpools and randomly breaking

massive whirlpools and randomly breaking

massive whirlpools and randomly breaking waves this you know is some of the

waves this you know is some of the

waves this you know is some of the biggest whitewater on the planet

now we were all the way left of the wave

now we were all the way left of the wave train where we really needed to be

train where we really needed to be

train where we really needed to be arrived because of the big hole down the

arrived because of the big hole down the

arrived because of the big hole down the bottom there’s this hole that just turns

bottom there’s this hole that just turns

bottom there’s this hole that just turns into a whirlpool and watching these guys

into a whirlpool and watching these guys

into a whirlpool and watching these guys go through and trying to get a shot my

go through and trying to get a shot my

go through and trying to get a shot my heart was going and I saw them started

heart was going and I saw them started

heart was going and I saw them started going left left left I was like oh I

going left left left I was like oh I

going left left left I was like oh I couldn’t imagine doing this right now

couldn’t imagine doing this right now

couldn’t imagine doing this right now with my heart rate as high as it already

with my heart rate as high as it already

with my heart rate as high as it already is I was saying to the guys that in

is I was saying to the guys that in

is I was saying to the guys that in under no circumstances ever would you

under no circumstances ever would you

under no circumstances ever would you take on that ferry above that hole but

take on that ferry above that hole but

take on that ferry above that hole but there we were trying to bust that ferry

there we were trying to bust that ferry

there we were trying to bust that ferry and so that’s quite a bit of a coaster

and so that’s quite a bit of a coaster

and so that’s quite a bit of a coaster to go through and into a ride at the end

to go through and into a ride at the end

to go through and into a ride at the end to be excited and relieved at the same

to be excited and relieved at the same

to be excited and relieved at the same time and together hey we made it you

time and together hey we made it you

time and together hey we made it you just came through an ordeal