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I have been getting into kayaking more and more. I have rented one a million times at the Manasquan Reservoir (Howell, Monmouth County, New Jersey), but wanted to really learn how to handle one. A few friends and I decided to take a river kayaking class through Whitewater Challengers (Weatherly, Carbon County, Pennsylvania) in the Lehigh Gorge State Park (Luzerne | Carbon, Pennsylvania). Here are the pictures from that weekend. 
Date:
10/11/2002
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Scenery
Day One: the reservoir
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A nice shot across the reservoir |
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The water looks rather low, but this is about 50' higher then normal. |
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Just a cool looking dead tree. |
Day Two: the Lehigh river
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A nice shot of the river. It's also a good shot of a jerky kid walking to shore :) |
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Down the river and through the rocks, just hoping that we don't fall. |
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This is a small creek coming into the river. We were told in the spring that this is too tough to run. |
People
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Group shot before we go out onto the reservoir the first time. |
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Group shot at lunch |
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(l-r) 2 guides, Mara, a guide, Sarah, Emile, Me |
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Clark, one of our guides |
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This is Emile. The planner of this trip. |
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Mara enjoying herself |
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Mara enjoying herself once again |
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Mara demonstrating a bow rescue. And YES, she IS upside-down |
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Mara learning to surf |
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Mara taking on a rapid a little bigger then the last |
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Almost..almost.. |
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Sooo close..but not this time |
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On this pass, she is either showing off, or about to flip. You make the call :) |
Me
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This is me |
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A very cool picture looking across the reservoir |
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My turn to surf |
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This doesn't look good |
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Oh shit |
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If you were wondering if I flipped, well take a look at this and you'll prolly have your answer :-P |
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Another attempt |
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This time I was actually up for a few seconds and don't eat it |
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updated: 03/27/2014
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