paddling with a camera

Towing and Paddling
Sea Wind
December 2005

Since all my local lakes remained frozen I used to drive to the South Platte River near Greeley and paddled upstream and then back downstream. The river at Kersey was flowing between 400 and 500 cfs, lower than usual. In my upstream paddling I had to used a ski pole to push my Sea Wind over some shallow spots.

Each time I was finishing my workout well after sunset. During my trip on December 30th hundreds of geese were trying to land on my head just above Kersey.

I also started to train for the big portage by towing my canoe along bike trails in Fort Collins. It was still before I switched to inline skates.

The short video clip illustrates my towing and paddling training during that winter. It was shot with Pentax Optio WP. I believe it was the first time when I used a suction cup camera mount from Sticky Pod.

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