Wilkin and Queenstown

Took a helicopter high into the Wilkin valley for what turned out to be a long 7 hour paddle out. Huge house sized boulders create monster sieves which means plenty of gruesome portaging but also some nice drops. Pictures shows new English friend Robin Scott nailing his line near the put in and Jimmy roaring tango tango roger that into his microphone. We are now in Queenstown - a tourist hot spot and big party town. The lads scored a run on the Shotover at a high water 70 cumecs. However, last night the river hit 500 cumecs - so it's been raining a bit!