For anyone interested, the put-in flow-rate for this trip was 17 m3/s (on 16/1/2014, as the combined Acheron and Clarence at Jollies) [Thank you Mark!]
Ahh, so beautiful guys! So much love in that one...Thank you. Love it. Sending it to my patners lovely mom ;), showing her what packrafting can be about...We are soo lucky.
Sorry for slow reply. Started to reply earlier but forgot to finish it. I am actually in Australia and here we pay $1500-$2500 AUD which I believes equates to 1000-1700 Euro. Certainly expensive but suspect similar in both parts of the world.
Nice! What brand of extra large dry bags are you using? Or are those dry bag backpacks? I'm looking for something to fit it Osprey into, but maybe I have to get a different backpack. Just got my Nirvana SB and headed to Colorado.
These are Watershed Animas backpacks that are pretty much 100% dry (if you look after them). They fit well inside a Hyperlite Mountain Gear pack and will likely fit inside some of the Osprey packs too. They are an ideal size, particularly if paired with a larger pack so that you can carry paddling.wet gear as well as keeping your essentials dry. Most of the time these days we use Alpacka cargo bags instead so that we can put them easily inside the packraft tubes however the Watershed bags are still best for some situations. Enjoy Colorado!
@@MarkOates Thanks! I got the tiZip on the nirvana (wait times were too long at alpacka), so I'm planning to use the tubes too. Good to know that has worked out well.
Hi you two. THis looks awesome. I fell in love with the idea of packrafting the clarence river end of february next year. I would love to get in contact with you. Is that possible? best wishes TIlman
Hi Mark, Mark here, A friend and I are looking at doing a trip along the Clarence over a week in November, Myself in my packraft and him in his kayak. I was wondering if we could have a chat some time to get some hints and tips off you. I'm based in Palmy North this year and if you guys are ever up this way I'd love to catch up, maybe even join you on a trip some time. Cheers Mark
Awesome whitewater footage. Looks like you two had a great adventure. Thanks for sharing. We're currently saving up for packrafting gear :)
great watching. Beautiful production. Cheers!
Greetings from far away, Norway 👌
Thanks. Greetings back. Love Norway!! :)
For anyone interested, the put-in flow-rate for this trip was 17 m3/s (on 16/1/2014, as the combined Acheron and Clarence at Jollies)
[Thank you Mark!]
Awesome. Thanks a lot for this great video! Cheers from Germany
Thanks Riverwalker! Appreciate your support. :)
Looks like a sweet trip!
Hello! i like New Zeeland. We are cool!!
Ahh, so beautiful guys! So much love in that one...Thank you. Love it. Sending it to my patners lovely mom ;), showing her what packrafting can be about...We are soo lucky.
Greetings from Germany 🤗. Very nice video from you. May I ask how much a packraft costs in the US? in Germany they are very expensive.
Sorry for slow reply. Started to reply earlier but forgot to finish it. I am actually in Australia and here we pay $1500-$2500 AUD which I believes equates to 1000-1700 Euro. Certainly expensive but suspect similar in both parts of the world.
Fantastic thank you
I drove the Acheron Road through Molesworth yesterday and stumbled upon this while researching kayaking the Clarence :) Sweet vid
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So cool, getting added to our adventure bucket list!
Nice! What brand of extra large dry bags are you using? Or are those dry bag backpacks? I'm looking for something to fit it Osprey into, but maybe I have to get a different backpack. Just got my Nirvana SB and headed to Colorado.
These are Watershed Animas backpacks that are pretty much 100% dry (if you look after them). They fit well inside a Hyperlite Mountain Gear pack and will likely fit inside some of the Osprey packs too. They are an ideal size, particularly if paired with a larger pack so that you can carry paddling.wet gear as well as keeping your essentials dry. Most of the time these days we use Alpacka cargo bags instead so that we can put them easily inside the packraft tubes however the Watershed bags are still best for some situations. Enjoy Colorado!
@@MarkOates Thanks! I got the tiZip on the nirvana (wait times were too long at alpacka), so I'm planning to use the tubes too. Good to know that has worked out well.
Hi you two. THis looks awesome. I fell in love with the idea of packrafting the clarence river end of february next year. I would love to get in contact with you. Is that possible? best wishes TIlman
Tilman Rentel Hi Tilman. Sure. Email me via mark.oates.outdoors(at gmail) All the best
Very nice Video and beautyfull Nature. Greetings from munich ronactive
One of the best videos I've seen...
Hello from a fellow packrafter living in Thailand. Paddling in NZ, looks awesome! :)
the whole video is so beautiful and cool.
Hi Mark,
Mark here, A friend and I are looking at doing a trip along the Clarence over a week in November, Myself in my packraft and him in his kayak. I was wondering if we could have a chat some time to get some hints and tips off you. I'm based in Palmy North this year and if you guys are ever up this way I'd love to catch up, maybe even join you on a trip some time.
Cheers
Mark
So did you do it?
You're videos are best, what I have ever seen! Great to see other packrafting couples also.
Thanks Caj. That is extremely kind of you! I look forward to paddling in Europe oneday at a Meetup and hopefully catching up with you.
Mark Oates That would be great! Maybe you could teach a few tricks for us. We have also Swedish and Finnish meetups, you're always welcome here :)