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Paddle Down Siuntionjoki

Took a paddle down the Siuntionjoki last weekend, from Sågars fors to Prästgården - paddling and bushwhacking with nice constant flow with easy rapids. Great fun for packrafts, and worked well for a kayak as well.

Not much difficulties on the way (if you don’t mind a bit of bushwhacking, and climbing over, around and under tree trunks), except being aware of the strainer at the end of one of the longer stretches of rapids. I stopped on the side safely, but while climbing on the trunk, a driftwood log stuck on it rolled over the packraft and pinned it down in the current - solution was to deflate the raft completely and pull it out, as there was no way moving the log.

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