Staff Update from the Huck World Head Quarters
This trip has been an amazing experience as an instructor. Not only are we pushing the kids we are pushing ourselves as well. We have caught up on sleep and have been well rested for the last couple of days. We have had to improvise on our menu because it was misplaced in Jez’s jacket pocket the entire time. The improvisation has lead to some amazing new combinations of food for our meals, which have been very scrumptious. The kids have learned many new skills so far on this trip from running waterfalls properly to reading white water. They have also had the opportunity to practice new play boating skills on the wonderful wet and wild rivers in West Virginia. Yesterday morning we held a white water rescue clinic where the kids learned about swimming over strainers, setting up a Z-drag mechanical advantage system. We positioned the car in the parking lot to show the kids how strong the Z-drag is and the kids were able to move the car with one person. Overall, all the kids on this trip have demonstrated their amazing skills on and off the river. Of the many amazing things that we have done on this trip, camping 100 yards from the New River put-in has definitely been a highlight on this trip. Stay tuned to read about the exciting adventures from Huck the Southeast.
Bryan Mangum ( Huck the Southeast Instructor)
