Facing the Rapids of the Arkansas River
Hi there,
Well after bagging Pikes Peak, I wanted to discover more of Colorado. So I took up the offer of one of my American co-workers to go white water rafting. I went with Jay and Marilyn, leaving at about 6:30am to drive to the rafting location.
It was a day trip down the Arkansas River. We got breakfast and lunch included in our fee. We started in the township of Buena Vista and went just under 29km (18 miles) down stream passing through almost a dozen rapids.
It was a beautiful sunny day, so I slapped on plenty of sunscreen. This was mainly due to the fact I still managed to get sunburnt climbing the summit of Pikes Peak.
The first few rapids were not too bad, but after lunch they became much more difficult. The one photo below is of our raft travelling through one of the rapids after lunch. Our guide called this rapid “Zoom Floom”.
Shortly after passing that rapid we hit some bigger white water which tossed out one of our crew and our guide! I managed to hang on, as did Jay and Marilyn. We were able to rescue our guide, but another raft had to rescue the lady who went over the side.
After that the rapids weren’t quite as violent and continued without incident. We got back around 4:30pm and I was able to purchase the photo of our raft and some tourist souvenirs.
Then we went out for dinner at a steakhouse. You could only order prime rib-eye in weights varying from 8-20oz (230-570g)! It was still a very welcome meal of protein after my couple of days of activity.
Below are some of the photos I took before I left on the trip. Enjoy!
Cheers for now,
Damo
WEB LINKS: www.inaraft.com
Well after bagging Pikes Peak, I wanted to discover more of Colorado. So I took up the offer of one of my American co-workers to go white water rafting. I went with Jay and Marilyn, leaving at about 6:30am to drive to the rafting location.
It was a day trip down the Arkansas River. We got breakfast and lunch included in our fee. We started in the township of Buena Vista and went just under 29km (18 miles) down stream passing through almost a dozen rapids.
It was a beautiful sunny day, so I slapped on plenty of sunscreen. This was mainly due to the fact I still managed to get sunburnt climbing the summit of Pikes Peak.
The first few rapids were not too bad, but after lunch they became much more difficult. The one photo below is of our raft travelling through one of the rapids after lunch. Our guide called this rapid “Zoom Floom”.
Shortly after passing that rapid we hit some bigger white water which tossed out one of our crew and our guide! I managed to hang on, as did Jay and Marilyn. We were able to rescue our guide, but another raft had to rescue the lady who went over the side.
After that the rapids weren’t quite as violent and continued without incident. We got back around 4:30pm and I was able to purchase the photo of our raft and some tourist souvenirs.
Then we went out for dinner at a steakhouse. You could only order prime rib-eye in weights varying from 8-20oz (230-570g)! It was still a very welcome meal of protein after my couple of days of activity.
Below are some of the photos I took before I left on the trip. Enjoy!
Cheers for now,
Damo
WEB LINKS: www.inaraft.com
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