Tried something a bit different on Monday – “aqua-rando” is basically jumping into the river in a wetsuit , navigating some rapids, bruising your bum on shallow rocks, and walking back upstream in soaking shoes.
It was great !
Nice chap called Jeremy drove us back to that gorge (with which all regular readers will by now be very familiar), got us kitted out, and then dumped us in various depths of water.
There were some nice calm bits where we floated on our backs, and watched the canyon walls, overhangs .. and vultures circling high above ( no, really– remember them ?) . There were frantic bits where rapids spun you round. There were finding-the-underwater-tunnel bits. There was the odd painful bit when your rear end bashed against rocks. There was fending-off-with-any-limb before crashing into boulders. And there was the bit I was repeatedly rubbish at – trying to get your feet down & stand up in strong currents.
And finally, there was clambering out and walking back to get the van home.
It was brilliant – a strong recommend.
This looks fantastic (and the walk) but suspect the Baker knees wouldn’t co-operate!
That looks like great fun! Jealous.
Ooh, I wish I were jealous. Envious !
Ooh, correct use of the subjunctive. Rispeck!