Date: May 09, 2009
Location: JMB, Masardis, Maine
Today was the end of the week 3, the "River Guide" course. We spent the morning doing rope work. We set up another tripod, built a winch, and practiced knots. After lunch I went onto the Aroostook to practice poling the rip.
Accomplishments and Observations:
1) Practiced clove hitch and larks head
2) Built "flipflop" winch
3) Set small tripod
4) Practiced downstream pole ferry and rip poling
Initial Reflections:
I am still having trouble pole ferrying in deep water. My shallow poling continues to improve.
Current Reflections:
I was actually amazed by the flipflop winch. I hadn't realized there was a mechanism for employing such strong forces so winches were a pleasant surprise!
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