I suspect her paddle had drifted away - I tried to bring a paddle up to
the site when I was making me way up - thinking it might be useful for
heads up - or something - but I had to abandon my paddle after about 40
yards as the going was just to difficult with a kayak paddle - and the
need to get to the scene was to urgent to be slowed down in anyway....

I can't begin to describe how difficult it was to make progress up
shallow Class 1/2 rapids,rocks, etc.....Normally it wouldn't have
mattered if it took time - but that feeling of just helplessness as the
seconds were ticking by and the victim was trapped - and at least 3 of
us were still trying to get to the scene...like you say SWR paid off as
we could buddy walk - oh but it was still agonizly slow...

sheila