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Don

Don

Africa living... while out of the kayak

club wave, just below nile special

The local kids at the take out of the Silverback section.

Steve given-er on Nile Special

Mr. Fisher mid pistol flip finishing up a K Y combination

A typical day at the Nile Special wave. well, maybe a little cloudy.

african internet

I just wanted to say sorry for those of you who follow the blog. I planed on posting more regularly and posting pictures too. Unfortunately the internet is not easy to get here and when I have access the Internet is too slow to upload pics. I have tried a couple of times and it takes about three hours and is not always a garente. I have been told of hotel nearby that has the best Internet connection in Jinja so i will try that next week.

We left the Hairy Lemon island a few days ago but are going back today. The Lemon is essentially kayaking camp. It is definitely helping all of us. We eat breakfast and kayak on club wave for about two to three hours. Then we eat lunch wait for the water to rise ( the dam release in the morning but the levels take till four to reach the Lemon) and head out to Nile special for about three hours. The Nile special wave has a sweet but tricky entry with a tow rope that crosses the eddy line and drops you into the wave. If the kayaker is feeling lucky, when they drop in they can pull themselves on the rope rite as they let go and try a clean pan am or blunt. This all ways results in much cheering because either it works or the person got a nasty edge catching flush.... and that is always funny. There isn't much to do on the island at night so we all read and play poker or chess ect.... its good.

I'm am hoping to try again in about six days to load pictures to complement these story's. In this neck of the world that will most likely be a half to full day endeavor. Take care all

upper nile adventures week 1

So we made it and only one bag lost in transit which has since found its way back to us. Uganda has proved to be as beutiful as we've been told and more some. The people are nice, water warm and big, and the food....ehh good and cheep. We have been camping at NRE, Nile River Explorers. The water is HUGE, but very warm. The river has found ways to push each of us in our own respects. Every day we go out and charge the different lines in the upper nile trying to shake out the cob webs and improve upon our big water paddling skills.Next week we will be down on the lower half at the Hairy Lemon tuning our playboating skills on Nile Special, the local epic surf wave.

Forget this cold weather... Endless summer anyone?

Its the first few days of fall and moment of truth has come. We are headed to Uganda in about 24 hrs. Half of our group is taking a diffrent flight so we (Mike, Steve, and I) shall meet them in Kempala. We Three however are meeting in NYC tonight and taking off tomarrow. LOL,,,,im mildly apprehencive about getting the kayaks on the plane. But, Im sure it will work out.....we're paddlers, these things do. I believe its all the sacrifices to the river gods that give us this "rolling with it" ability.
I just wanted to say a huge thanks to Kim, Ty, and Nick at WRSI, Matt with Riot, Nick and Jeff at H2O for helping me personaly achive my paddling goals. O, and even though I didn't get my gear in time, ken at Peak UK has been more helpfull in trying and more importantly getting back to me.
Well the next time I'll be posting it shall be in Africa and hopefully I'll be slam'n some sweet Uganda shots up too.

Crazy happinings all around

Flight reservations check, hep a, b, c , oral typhoid pill, doxicycline pills, yellow fever ......check, check, check...oops forgot yellow fever ( always been a gamblin man). ..... Kayak check, gear check, friends check, northern Ugandan rebels check....lol...ehhh...for real though...ehhh.
This is the first of many blogs documenting the start of my friends and my world travels. The five year wait to finish college is over and the life goal of kayaking around the world is manifesting. Yup, I’m ready to jet for the Sept 25 flights to Uganda and Zambia for four months of paddling. Next year, around spring-ish season, the goal is the Patagonia region of Chile. For the finale....Norway, the huckers Valhalla.
I'm currently, talking with and looking for, sponsors. NOT monetary as much as gear, especially since we’ll be leaving our boats and some gear for the Ugandan locals. The hopes, to create a means of employment as safety boaters for guide companies. So if you’re interested let me know… if not, eh follow the blog anyway. I guarantee many good and some ridiculous stories. And lets face it we all like a good short story.