That said, I mostly played the patient and let them rescue me during CLG. Making me tow boats and carry patients on a 38km day is just a little bit mean. And even though I'm getting more efficient at emptying my kayaks in deep water, it still drains a lot of energy -- especially since you have to jump out into the water.
Oh, and lunch was goOOod. I was so hungry I could have ate the plates.
Forgot to bring a bottle of water, was as dehydrated as a sun-dried tomato by the time I got to the Police Check Point in Tolo Channel. They seem really nice though, invited me to take a break on the pontoon and gave me a bottle of water to drink. They seemed surprised that I paddled all the way from Tai Tan, I didn't even tell them that I was heading for Tai Po, or that I had to head back to Tai Tan on the same day!
On my way back, another kayaker with a winged racing paddle on a tiger kayak came alongside me and we chatted for a while. Gosh, he paddles fast! But he thought I was crazy to paddle to Tai Tan. You know, grass really is greener on the other side!
- 0600: struggling to keep my eyes open, let the dogs out, had to rumble through the pile to look for a tiger that looks like it could maybe stay afloat.
- 0705: launched from under the bridge (Tai Tan)
- 0730: Nam Fung Kok
- 0747: Ocean Point
- 0820: Police Check Point (Tolo Channel), 5 minutes water break
- 0925: Pak Sa Tau Tsui (South Tip of the dam) --> current picked up around 0900, it was a following sea
- 0950: Landing in TMTWSC slipway
- 1000 - 1515: CLG practice (Tow, carry, throwline), lunch
- 1515: Launched from TMT boy scout slipway
- 1543: Pak Sa Tau Tsui -- much stronger wind once I was outside the protection of the dam. Head wind an current.
- 1729: Heung Lo Kok
- 1746: Sam Po Shek
- 1756: Ocean Point
- 1810: Nam Fung Kok
- 1825: ...? (Part of Lion Ground?)
- 1850: South tip of Lion-Ground
- 1856: Landed (low tide O_O)
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