We've had higher water the last couple of days- the result of several sunny days melting the vast amounts of snow the Pireneos has seen this year. I did a run showing Dan and Tom Wier (from the USA) where to go, but have backed off the classic course as it's very unlikely that we'll race at that level and it slaps you around an awful lot. I've included a clip of Mathew French on the same day. You get to see about a third of this rapid which is the longest on the course. He's loving it and throwing himself down again and again, but I'm being more conservative, doing other sections and basically protecting my tired old shoulders. There is dam which is responsible for about half or more of the river's flow- the rest is fed in by side tributaries. If there is a lot of snow melt they reduce the flow for us by turning off the dam...for a while. It's the opposite of Australia.
I'm sort of following the news- it seems as if global financial crisis mark II is on the way! I would not be at all surprised if we're heading for the second plunge of a double dip recession. At least I'm not going into debt for this trip unlike the bad old days.
It really is time I did a piece on this town and the region- I'll go get some piccies tomorrow and see if I can attempt to do justice to this lovely mountain town and its friendly people.
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