EUCC Alps 2019

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Date: Thursday 25 July 2019
Visibility: Everyone
Duration: 2 weeks
Participants: @AdamEvans, EUCC
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A late log of the Uni canoe club trip to Slovenia (4 days) and France (8 days). Paddling rivers mainly G2/3. A good reintroduction trip back into white water kayaking from injury.
Comment by @AdamEvans on Thursday 25 July 2019
Turns out being in charge of a trip of ~20 uni students isn’t as easy as I had previously assumed.

Kayaking was the easy part with someone else taking responsibility for river choices etc. As club captain, I had the responsibility for overall organisation, transport plan, rest day activities etc. Note to self: don’t take this lightly in the future.

After driving 26hrs from Exeter to Slovenia, 8hrs from Slovenia to France (via Italy), and then 16hrs back to Exeter, everyone made it home alive and the trip was a big success. Sounds like it was enjoyable for everyone else ... but I guess that means I did my job?!

We had some really good socials, paddled some stunning rivers and made some great memories.

Edit: prompted by the photos, the weather wasn’t always the sunshine you’d expect from the alps in the summer, so I had to get creative with tarp configurations to keep us dry at lunchtimes/in the evenings. Did see some pretty cool alpine thunderstorms.
   

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