We took a thrilling raft trip yesterday through Royal Gorge, one of the premire rafting destinations in the world. Pictured above Todd is in the front left and Donna is well...covered with water next to the guide on left. The tour boasts class IV+ rapids with names like sledgehammer and pinball and travels under the world's highest suspension bridge pictured here:
The trip started with a safety lesson where the first three rules were "don't fall out, don't fall out, and don't fall out" followed by a series of what to do to survive if you broke one of the first three rules. I learned how intense this trip was by listening in on a quiet conversation one of the guides was having on the van trip home. The past three years there had only been one death "running the gorge", but since May of this year, 5 people on guided tours have died including one guide in training. Is it too late to get our money back?
This was one of the few tours that actually followed you with a photographer, so we'll be posting all the rafting pictures in the photo archive soon.
3 comments:
What ARE you people - CRAZY!? Jeepers - it does look like fun; but "don't fall out...." and 5 people dead in one year...it would make me think more than twice! I'm SO happy I can live this one vicariously! Thanks!
JKM
So what's next, a barrel trip over Niagra?
who needs a barrel? check out all the pictures of our rafting adventure in the photo archive!
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