06/29/2020 11:31PM
Zavs are very tough paddles. I didn't think they would handle rocks etc. (especially going upstream in shallow fast moving water) but the short answer is they do. Been part of the Voyageur or Kruger Challenge and have ran UP parts of a very low Granite River and down the mine field that is officially called the Pigeon River ( at night - not reccm) but I got (and so does Team BeaV0) some other four letter words for it. Maybe BeaV,Jimmyjustice, Meat Puppet or Kendra will chime in or others. It's pretty much all we use and what I use for all other trips nowdays. I do like a wood paddle to clean fish on fwiw.
The two loudest sounds known to man: a gun that goes bang when it is supposed to go click and a gun that goes click when it is supposed to go bang.