Splash!!
Dave Says:
OK, This is one the wildest things I’ve ever done. Take a perfectly fine raft, fill it with tourists who have more money than sense and throw the whole lot off a 21′ waterfall. Sounds crazy? It is!!
Today we white water rafted down a stretch of the Kaituna River in Rotorua. It’s a grade 5 stretch of river. Where grade 1 is what the pre-schoolers raft and grade 6 is what NOBODY rafts. That makes grade 5 only where the certifiably insane go. The whole stint took around an hour and we navigated our way through a number of rapids and three waterfalls of which the 21′ guy was the granddaddy of them all. (I’m sure non-tourist raft bigger ones but we’re celebrating a world record nevertheless).
Sarah asks you all to forget the highlights she listed in the last blog entry. This, she says, “was totally stellar bro’ - a choice experience”. Sarah, of course, doesn’t normally use such superlatives but feels the whole thing (including the instructions on what to do in the case of capsize) was amazing.
Anyhow, we paid even more money for the pictures they took of us so be sure to follow the link below to see how crazy we really are.
Don’t forget to check out our first gallery and our second gallery and some rafting pictures.
January 19th, 2005 at 3:27 am
Did you really do all of that,it looked very scary to me, you both looked as if you enjoyed it WELL DONE XXX
January 19th, 2005 at 6:35 am
I’m soooo glad I didn’t know you guys were doing that until it was over and done with! Sounds absolutely exhilarating and thrilling though. And Sarah, in reference to your earlier post — I’m your mother, of course I know you weren’t tipsy in those pictures David took of you! I knew all along that it was fatigue and jet lag and having been sick and stuff. Yep I sure did know that.
Hugs to you both!