Whoops - my bad. I interpreted your focus on the turns incorrectly.
And yeah, I continue to lightly bump into the wall at one local rapid, no matter if captaining a paddle boat or rowing. Doesn't matter how hard I/we're pulling either. One of these days I'll get it sussed.
P.S. Of course I just took a peek on Youtube, and apparently the right side I thought was too bony to use, isn't. Sonofagun....
At no point did I say that's where they fell in. The big cliff pileup at the second bend is where the one lady got stuck and ragdolled and drowned per the article. Up from that is a mile or two of whitewater per satellite, presumably where they wrecked.
My point was - obstacles like that require that one is able to identify the line and pull hard.
Jeff,
I suggest you get your initial paddling/rowing whitewater rafting experience down in the lower 48 where it's nowhere near as remote, the water itself may be a LOT warmer (southern states) and for sure it's going to be a lot less expensive for training.
