Franklin River, 1981: my first packrafting trip.

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An old movie some viewers might enjoy; recently discovered footage from my first packrafting trip down the Franklin River, in January 1981:

(Double-posted to the video page.)

Cheers, John

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That’s fantastic John, plenty of cringe inducing sections, definatly more arse than class :slight_smile: It really shows how far it has all come from the rubber ducks and paddling techniques (lack of…) to the camera technology. Thanks for sharing that, it’s great.

Steve

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Thanks Steve, some crazy stuff there, hey?

I forgot to mention that there’s a follow-up of our 1982 trip; a year older and wiser, and some bigger, scarier water. Look for the Churn sequence at about 3:05:

Cheers,

John

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Awesome read and great vids John, thanks for posting them up.