Got up early, early, EARLY for this one. only an 8am start but getting up at 7am every morning when it’s supposed to be a “holiday” travel or whatever seems wront. I get up almost 7 days a week at that time!
Anyways, the river was +6C. Needless to say, we got wetsuits. the nice boys at Frogz have more Fun took great care of me.
I actually impressed/freaked the hell out of the guides cuz I went into a rapid called “the maneater”. but not only did I go into it cuz I wasn’t strong enough to swim around it, I went into it facing upstream and into the portion of it called “the hole”! It was the best stunt this whole season, as one of my guides said. All three of them just couldn’t belive it. They kept asking if I was ok after I came out of it, it wasn’t a big deal to me cuz I didn’t know how bad it was supposed to be.
Did barrel rolls over the waves, pirouettes (sp?) in the whirlpools, and at the end in the calm section I hopped on the sledge backwards and used it as a sunbathing floaty chair! I was the only one able to hop onto my sledge that way too.
Bertha