By Dr Amy Jane Beer The Original Mountain Marathon, held on 28-29th October this year is a reincarnation of the Karrimor International Mountain Marathon or KIMM, known and loved by a number of YCC members. Its a two day event, in a lumpy, inhospitable location, where about 1500 teams of two dash about getting …
By Dr Amy Jane Beer Shetland has what has to be some of the best sea paddling in the world, and this was one of the reasons we chose to go there on our honeymoon. After a few days rather luxurious chilling out we booked ourselves a couple of boats and a guide to show …
The waterfall section of the Upper Swale lies above Muker on the B6270, Swaledale. Sarah had paddle the day before in optimum flows and we caught it today as the level dropped off, a bit scrapy here and there, the main features were not far from being perfect. Upper Kisden, running hard right at this flow The …
We knew it had been raining it was just a question of where, passing over the Swale on the A1, ditch low, the Greta on the A66, you could walk down it, Abbey rapids on the Middle Tees looked interesting, Bowlees Beck was certainly flowing, The Tees was almost out of its banks, huge. We …
by Jo So as a great man once said (or was it Driller), Get out, Do stuff.So I packed my rock-shoes and chalk bag and hit the world. First up, the desert.Id always wanted to experience deserts but a distinct lack of rivers had pretty well knocked this off our joint hit list.So when a …
Flowing into the Tees below Low Force, Bowlees Beck is very short with 3 decent drops, the last one under a bridge with a chain across the river, guarding the entrance to the drop. Previousley we have ducked under the chain but at todays levels that was a no no, we hooked a line under …
Had an injury, tell us about it. Lets face it, doing what we do, its gona happen, sooner or later youre gona crock yourself and worst case scenario you find yourself fast tracking through triage at your local A&E.That said if you want to pay a visit to the cutting edge of the NHS you could …
There is more than offer than paddling whilst you are there Micorlights Booze Cruise Walking Safari
Mosi-oa-Tunya, the smoke that thunders, better known to you and me as Victoria Falls, formed by the Zambezi river falling dropping 100m on its 1,674 mile journey to the ocean provides what World White Water describes as the most impressive put in, anywhere, and who am I to argue. Once you have decided you want …
The 3 day trip down the Zambezi, starting from rapid number one below Victoria Falls to Upper Moemba is a classic. Ferrying across the boiling pot below the Zim minus Rapids Sven has been in Zambia for ten seasons and has been operating in Livingstone Zambia for 5 years and knows the river better than most, get in …