The Nevis

The Nevis is described in the guidebook as one of the steepest and hardest rivers in New Zealand, so you can understand we were a little scared sleeping in the shearers quarters at the farm at the top of the Nevis gorge.

The morning came too quickly and before we knew it we were roping the boats up the gorge walls above a nasty looking drop. Tired and cold we hoped the river would not be this much of a mission all the way down. Luckily from this point on the river was amazing, tight technical drops in and around boulders with the sun driving down onto us.

I'll let the pictures say the rest:
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Paddlers were:

• Colin Hamilton - Yellow boat
• Graham Dawson - Orange Boat and Orange Helmet
• Danny Noblett - Orange boat and White Helmet
• Dave Prothero - Green Boat