River Grades - Rafts vs Kayaks
To get back to the original query
Maybe these grades are not that high. take the Zambezi. I believe beginners
are regularly taken down grade 5 rapids here and if your safety boater was
Alex Nicks then he could well be up for grade 6 after tea !
"ZattleBone" wrote in message
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Anyone know the differences in the two grading systems?
A friend has just come back from South Africa where (as a complete
rafting novice) he was running Grade 5. The kayakers supporting the
raft all went off to do a Grade 6 run in the afternoon. The numbers
seem a bit high to me.
Any ideas? Is a grade 6 raft-rapid actually a grade 4/5 kayak-run?
Zatt.
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