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James Hartley sent some material in on a local river close to him in the UK, thanks JH and pretty bloody clear that it was cold!
“These shots show me running Skelwith Force on the Brathay in the Lake District in the UK.
The local guide books has this to say on the drop;
Skelwith Force; very dangerous, seldom run and a small waterfall, definitely recommended as a portage on river left.
In fact the rest of the river is a non-event, unless your interests lie in flat water touring but we turned up here specifically to run the drop as a park and huck.
The drop itself is a nasty broken cleft where the bulk of the water pours in, with nasty sharp pointy rocks, before a landing in a deep, turbulent, plunge pool with a small back tow and it’s made more complex by the heavily aerated water.
In high water, it’s a much more simple drop as a nice straight forward "booftastic" line on the hard left opens up but on the water levels we found, the only runnable line was an arced approach from the river left, pulling round to the right, looking for the “must make” flair and all important left handed paddle stroke to complete the turn and then get the nose of the boat up and land flat.
If you miss any of these, it will be a trip to the green room as one of our team discovered when they went a little too central and essentially ran the cleft itself, resulting in serious down time and then a live bait rescue ensued”.
