Reading the River: Water Level 

Really enjoyed seeing the 2 perspectives, and nice to know the rapid where we once broke a boat us a harder one in low water :)

Great illustration or rather a comparison of the rapids' character! Thank you, sir!

Yep... like the dual pictures Ray. Works well for this vid 👌👍

Really valuable content to share on high low variations of same river. We both know the Ardeche has extremes of both and totally changes and requires both concentration and different mindset even when paddling the same stretches several times a week. Marvellous content as Aways Ray. And to point out I’ve seen more pinned boats on lowest levels on rivers than any others !

Thanks for the insight Ray as always!

Great stuff as always Mr Goodwin! keep up the amazing work.

A new perspective, really interesting, thanks for sharing.

Very interesting and great editing. Thanks

Another great and informative video Ray, I recognised Berwyn Rapid and now know its name lol. Nice one :)

Amazing thanks

Clever video.

Great video. Just finished paddling the lower Kananaskis river today in Alberta. Almost swam when we became complacent on a bend with a large rock LOL but even though the canoe filled with water we stayed upright and paddled to a quiet section to bail....fun! Also my first time wearing a drysuit and I'm not sure. It's too long for me and I found at the end when I went for a swim (after taking out the boats) I couldn't move my legs very easily in it....better when I was able to "pull up" the legs but still felt very imbolized....it was a strange feeling. Maybe I should leave some air in?

Quite interesting. I recently did part of the Saugeen River here in Ontario, Canada, once in lower water in June 2022 and again in May 2023 in higher/faster water. In the faster water I covered 42 km in 4 hours versus 42 km in six hours the year before however I found the run less challenging due to the rocks mainly being buried underwater (and possibly partly due to skill improvement). I was in an Esquif Pocket Canyon. I suspect some of the footage you showed here is older but if you have a GoPro Hero 9 or 10 and install the Max Mod you can have the horizon always level no matter how it's mounted. It also gives you a wider view although best video quality you can get is 1440. I think the Hero 11 has more of this built-in now although I haven't bothered upgrading cameras this time around.