The PaddlerUK magazine September 2015 issue 4 | Page 26

Soča river, Slovenia

“I have never dared to
name my favourite river. It
would feel disrespectful to
all the other unique and
amazing rivers and creeks
that I have had privilege to
safely descend.

andraž Krpič

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“But it is a river that played the
biggest part in me becoming who I
am today. It has become a myth in
my head from the early age of 10,
when I first kayaked it.

“It enchanted me with its beauty,
clean emerald coloured water
surrounded by astonishing
mountains and its stories of
dangerous, mysterious white water.

“I had always felt drawn to it and
even these days I feel its call. It could
be just the result of many years of
daydreaming about it as a child but I
still feel a special sense of
amazement and happiness, when I
kayak the Soca River.

“Soca is what kept me going after I
quit slalom and it is a river that
thought me skills, respect, humbled
me and in the end played a big part in
my personal development.”

Photos by Tony
Demarco