Back in September I got the opportunity to paddle the Meig Gorge for the first time with Graham and Joe. What an excellent little river!! Set in the bottom of a 70 foot vertical sided gorge, the Meig is a steep, low volume, tight and technical run, falling over many awkward twisting drops. Egress is understandably difficult from the super-commiting gorge, and scouting the rapids can be pretty tricky too. The first time we ran it was almost an excersise in canyoning – we swam the first three drops to get a better idea of what might be coming up, before going back for the boats. This pattern continued down the rest of the gorge – find an eddy to stop and get out of the boats, swim down to a rock on the lip of the next drop, then paddle it – great fun, and felt like a real adventure. Later on in the year we got another chance to go back and take a few other people from the club down. Here are some pictures (from both trips) – photos from Matt Witz and Titch (aka Kate Annan):
Myself running the entry falls
Awkward scouting...
G-Ram boofing the entrance falls
Luke being a douche on the siphon/constriction mess of a rapid
Brodie boofing
Joe in the siphon/construction mess, a pretty awkward portage too
Me on Tea Cup Falls
Gregseh getting his boof on
Watch Matt’s carnage filled video of the weekend here (includes some of the Findhorn Gorge)
