Motorcycle Explorer August 2015 Issue 7 | Page 106

Many Rivers to Cross
Dazzer Mitchel was doing the river crossing workshop. It was
brilliant to see that Dazzer with his experience of going around
the world two up had not lost sight that even a gentle crossing
of water or riding across grass for riders that may never have
strayed off tarmac could be very intimidating. It was a brilliant
idea to have some workshops on that compliment the ethos of
adventurous travel and one of the workshops was how to cross
a river. I’ve done a few river crossing that have ranged from
roped off pulling with the flow of the water to gunning it and
going for the big rooster tail photo shot. This has resulted in a
great deal of ignorant trial and error in my past and a firm
appreciation of just how deadly a river crossing can be.
Having a workshop on that at least explains the risks and shows
techniques that can be used to lower that risk is always a good
idea. There’s also the fact that splashing around in water on a
motorbike is bloody good fun and perhaps not something that
everyone has done before.