At the beginning of April me and four boys from Czech attended the Kaiserklamm Trophy, which was an excellently organized competition on the Brandenberger Ache, Austria.
The qualification sprint took part on a less difficult, lower part of the river, which was thanks to very low water level rather unexciting. However, the starting ramp, wonderful summer weather and heaps of good mood still let everybody to have fun.
The competitors were set up with large supply of delicious sustenance in the form of spare-rib or barbecue party every evening, which were followed by quite hard parties, with no regard to the morning races :o)
Further on, the kayak-cross runs moved to a steep gorge on the topmost part of the river on Saturday morning. The low water made the one kilometer long racing course not less difficult, so there were seen quite tough actions and swims, which , however, covered the Austrian water rescue briliantly, despite the very complicated access into the gorge.
The results of our team were as follows: Viktor Legat 3rd and Honza Lasko 4th, after a very unlucky crash in the men finals, but nevertheless presenting their new Raptor kayaks magnificently. Matej Sottner , Matej Holub went pretty well in the kayak-cross runs too. I occupied the fourth place obtained from the women finals. As some complained about the lack of important words in my articles last time, I must states that we made a hugely stoked runs, caught a damn good lines, showed a wicked party spirits and definitely kicked our rivals in the guts ;o)
Other nice and pleasant event was a festive opening of a rodeo spot in Pilsen, which I consider ,thanks to a hard work of the locals and great help from the town counsellors , one of the best rodeo holes in Czech. Its rather powerfull but still suitable even for girls with less strength as I am.
After a challenging slalom training during the week I spaced out my whitewater activities with other outdoor action –fun orienteering bike race:o) Even though the weather was rather sulky that weekend and the racing route led throu a splashy muddy trails I got just a great time there.
The other weekend, spent me and a group of friends in a sunny Austria, where were the water levels due to previous raining nicely increased. We managed to run the Koppentraun twice on playful 120 cumecs.
Than few times Lammer gorge with few new or changed rapids caused by landslides. Untertalbach has a lower water and therefore was quite tricky, with danger getting stucked in the shallow parts, so we decided to move to Lofer.
An article from Teva outdoor Games is in progress and I’m still waiting for pictures from the event, but it shall be posted in few days...so be patient ;o)
Enjoy summer
Cheers Betty
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