Trip Report
Ottawa Leve, 6.75. Horseshoe and Baby Face are gone. Angel's Kiss is surfable but not great. Butterfly was very nice (surfer's left) and the wave on Upper No Name was great but very difficult to catch it from the eddy.
As we passed the narrows right before deciding whether we do the Main or the Middle channel, Larry decides he must roll for the river gods. So he promptly heads to the flat water river right, behind the point where the water is flat and proceeds to flip upside down. Adam and I are downstream a bit watching worship the river gods as he rolls right side up... or does he. He reverts to the upside down position. No biggy, he tries again, and fails. Tries once more, and fails. He proceeds to about his fourth attempt when I decide to paddle to him for a potential T-rescue, but he's quite far away at this point. Adam is thinking to himself "What's he doing?" I kid you not, Larry must have tried rolling at least 15 times before I finally got to him. As he pulls himself to the surface against my boat, his face is pretty bright red. He then gasps for air... a good sign, he's still alive.
He proceeds to flip multiple times throughout the day afterwards while playing on various waves and nails every roll without an issue. Conclusion? The river gods just didn't want his worship.
I was really, really, really, really hoping he would swim in flat water. Now THAT would have been a story. But 15 attempts in flat water, I'll live with that. *Someone* needs some pool sessions this winter.
Great day on the river, very quiet.
