Helpful Hints

Wading Across Moving Water
by Elaine Cook

There are many "do's and don'ts", but here are a couple tidbits that many have never thought of:

1. Animals like deer know the easy spots to cross. Look for their trails in one side and out the other.
2. A thunderstorm upriver, even out of sight in the distance, can increase water depth and velocity quickly.

I learned the first from Richard Kline, and the second from the best teacher; experience.

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