SupervagabondS - Révérence
When : 6/29/21
Length : 70 days
Length : 70 days
Total distance :
751km
Height difference :
+6564m /
-6943m
Alti min/max : -79m/281m
Guidebook created by SupervagabondS
on 19 Nov 2021
updated on 22 Feb 2022
updated on 22 Feb 2022
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Guidebook : 19 Juillet Nav 7 (updated : 06 Feb 2022)
Section distance :
24.4km
Height difference for this section :
+161m /
-232m
Section Alti min/max : 29m/155m
Report : 19 Juillet Nav 7 (updated : 06 Feb 2022)
We start the day with a light headwind, so far the weather has spared us during the navigation, so it's time to face this new experience.
The big canoe constantly asks me, with each stroke of the paddle, a sustained effort, I feel it in the palms of my hands, in the wrists, forearms, shoulders, shoulder blades, hips and shins... It's really sport and it doesn't displease me.
Only the constraint is substantial and I feel that my body still needs time to adapt to such long-term efforts, it lasts between 10 and 19 hours per day of navigation.
Amélie, who has surprising strength, leads her canoe with an innate intuition.
Every day reminds us that commerce is the only religion unanimous to mankind.
During a break from the bank we watch the barge go by, and that remains for me the proof that such inertia cannot be stopped with good environmentalist feelings.
She's not a small ship and she's been sailing for a long time !
It is the first navigation which totals 25km with the big canoe, little by little during the trip, we will increase the distances, until we surprise ourselves.
It is on this bivouac that I modify the operation of a charger to be able to adapt it to different batteries, and the positive conclusion of this homemade DIY leads me to think about canoes...
We regularly slip on our seats and I remain convinced that we should attach ourselves to the canoes to better blend in with them, and thus infuse them with all our energy.
At this stage we have completed 7 sailings and I have had time to observe, feel and see everything that bothers us or prevents us from progressing in the long term of our days.
We've been drinking this water for years without even filtering it, so it's an ideal place to travel, especially when nature has so much talent.
I'm tinkering with 4 pieces of straps that will be useful for transmitting energy to the canoes.
And here's the result. No more untimely slips and long live these new abdominal supports that we can't wait to test.
A large quick clip is located at the back of our carrying belts and allows you to release them instantly, then the system remains adjustable by the slides on each side.
It is exactly in this position that we spend our days sailing, barefoot, and yet the knees get used to this position close to meditation without excessive difficulty. The body quickly understands when it has no other choice !
Photographing the sound of small waves.
We're not going to complain about being the only ones there !
The days are appreciated in proportion to the rest that each of them gives us.
Our discussions always come back to these concerns of registration and the start of the school year.
Amélie is learning to have to make allowances at this point and not let herself be polluted by her legitimate disappointment, but as she is tenacious, it's really complicated to have an impact on her frustration, especially since I am just as much. for her !
A day to bubble in our bubble.
Living outside is really fun when everything is well prepared !
However, I also wanted to test during this trip the capacity of the big canoe in terms of autonomy, there is still so much room in it that it is impressive to imagine what is becoming possible.
The price to pay is the constant effort that must be made. It draws so much energy that I avoid letting the canoe catch the wind and drift, because getting it back in its path requires such an effort, that I prefer to avoid it.
The weather is still pleasant and that's good: we haven't yet picked up the navigation jacket supposed to arrive by post at the campsite, we are waiting for Israfil to warn us to make Antolla our objective.