On our river here, Class II is already shaking my bones, and I hear from the guides that up to VI is like being inside a washing machine! Holes are the water's mouth that wants to eat your boat, eddies are the quiet pockets by the rock where you can stop and breathe, and strainers... those are the tree branches in the water, the most dangerous thing, because the water goes through but you do not.
My friend Rohan, he showed me all this after I flipped in a small hole last week. The river taught me it is not about the grade number, but about reading the water's face, like I read the sky for rain on my farm.
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