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Whitewater Rafting
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Whitewater rafting is awesome! I wished I had pictures to share but...you don't take pictures when doing such activities...at least you can't take it yourself lol.
Anyway, my friends and I visited the Ocoee River in Tennessee today and thoroughly enjoyed ourselves. I just love the warm sun here in America, coupled with the cool air and soft grass...simply Spring at its best.
When I look up here, I see clear blue skies mottled with some white fluffy clouds and lined with trees and mountains...
It's kinda sad that Singapore really doesn't have such stuff...when I look up I see HDBs and smell nothing but exhaust instead.
The water was a pretty chilly 45F (8C) perhaps, and we were literally inundated by it as we went through the many rapids, which btw, have interesting names such as Tablesaw, Slice and Dice, Powerhouse, Double Trouble...I wonder why they give such treacherous names...guess the activity is hazardous haha...and yes there were people who fell overboard, but thankfully no real injuries happened.
I have to admit I fell overboard once, and while I didn't panick since I'm a comfortable swimmer, when I tried hauling myself up the raft, I almost got dragged under! Scary! Why? Because the water is sometimes pretty shallow...where I fell, it was around my chest level, and although we were told never ever to attempt standing up in the water unless instructed otherwise, I thought I had the strength in me to pull myself up the raft...
WRONG!
To pull yourself up you gotta stand, somewhat at least, and when I thought I was standing, the slippery rock bottom threw me off balance and the current took control. Thankfully the current wasn't too strong and I'm not a bad swimmer, managed to avoid being dragged...phew...
So folks, never try standing if you ever fall off while doing whitewater rafting! And yea...be prepared to get really, really wet, and cold.
The experience best summed up by Cedric, "Man, this is like a Universal Studio ride, but we're powering the adventure". You guys gotta try this really. I know I'll want to do it again if the chance arises.
Man and nature at its best, truly.
One of the Thadii blogged at 9:19 AM.
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