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Whitewater kayaking

I like whitewater kayaking for the magnificent landscape you get to see only from the river, particularly the sort of landscape people don't choose "landscape" format to photograph.

Being a bit on the lazy side, I like my rivers gently sloped so I don't have to work so much for propulsion.

Needless to say, the average river I run looks much less spectacular. Now that waterproof digital cameras are available, people photograph much more on the river, so I even have some photographs of calmer parts of my paddling trips:

Some pictures I took on my 2005 trip to Corsica (in German).

Impressions from my trip to Greece in 2006.

Paddling in Albania


Kayaking is fun...

...and occasionally funny things happen, as here:
It doesn't really matter whether you leave your paddle behind by mistake,
so long as you've got friends who carry things after you.
The new boats! Don't let them get wet!
Some people like sub-yaks.
So when's that French guy, Godot, coming?
Now is Uli diversifying into photography courses?

Besides, ...
...you learn what to do when you're away from
civilisation and your car won't start...
...and you get to meet the most amazing people...
...some of whom drink strange clear liquids from fruit juice bottles.
Some even become devout, if only by accident...


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