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Every year, on the first Saturday in May, the Black River season opens for Whitewater Challengers.  Normally this day is marked with a group of guides trying to remember how to do a job that had become second nature to them.  However, this year things were different.  Not that there weren’t gliches and hiccups during the day, but for the most part, everything went smoothly.  All of the returning guides knew what had to be done and we did them.  Though there were lessons learned:

1. The ground is supersaturated with water and cannot be driven on (more particularly; driven onto then off of).  Conincidently, the van and trailer are not immune to this phenomenon.
2. If Tony dares you to grind the log in first drop of Glen Park Falls, you should not do it.  The log will follow you down the remaining two drops and you will swim.
3. Don’t boof onto TAV when TAV is “surfing” a hole.  He’ll flip you over and make you swim with him.

All in all it was a great day to be on the river.  It doesn’t hurt that I’m being paid for it either!