Every Thursday, the team meets at Angler's for attainment workouts. So far, we made it twice to Wet Bottom and a few of us even attained passed it to go surf at Rocky Island. Attaining Wet Bottom can be tricky, since it both requires good boat control in swift current and swirly water, combined with enough stamina to be able to paddle hard and negotiate the random boils the river keeps "throwing" on the way.
Last week, Ben made the attainment for the first time and only someone having succeeded at this move at some point could understand the way he felt at that precise moment. Although this picture of him speaks rather loud. :o)
On Saturdays, we meet on the Maryland side of Great Falls National Park before walking to Sandy Beach and paddling over seven miles down to Sycamore Island for the infamous Slow Grinding Death. We usually break down this long paddle into sections and work on various aspect of our paddling: forward strokes, pacing, sprinting...etc.
A few Saturdays ago, our wildwater team joined us for the long haul. As they were zooming past us in their Wavehoppers, we wondered for a second if we were even moving. We were not, though! Far from it! Ben and Taylor could confirm that we were working pretty hard! We essentially worked on sprints and we made very good time down the river.
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