River Rafting?

[FaNtEcH]

Has anyone rafted before? I really love it and have done it a couple of times myself.
It's very common here, in India, if you stay near a river.
It was a great adventure, my first rafting experience!
I almost crashed into a big rock. But then, our guide somehow managed to save us.

[Zach]

I went rafting in Brazil once. It was a blast. We had to learn all the commands in Portuguese which was kind of cool. At one of the waterfalls they let all of us out of the raft and we each went down the falls without the raft. It was insane!

I want to do it again but there aren't many rafting rivers around Chicago that I know of.

[flyergroup]

hello sidekick:
here is wonderful place,and I love it,I'm edison from china,I'm live in the AAA Tourism region,River rafting is note for here,my favorite srorts is river rafting,and I addict of the it,the rivers water-drop more than 2~3meter,
hello FaNtEcH
river rafting is very inciting sports,when you have a try,you will be filled love with it,ha,ha.Don't forget bring beer to there when you are rafting.induge in !!!

[justanotherhappygirl]

Adicia Bathon says: Rafting is amazingly fun! My family and I have done a lot of rafting, both calm and white waters, in Thailand. We've done a lot of day trips and also took our older sons on a three-day trip down the Pai River out of the Golden Triangle. When we got back to a town, we read in the news that an evacuation warning was issued the day we left due to flash flood warnings. Luckily we were safe and had the greatest adventure sleeping in huts on the riverbanks with monkeys and watching the elephants climb down out of the mountainside to drink from the river in the afternoons. We plan to raft the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon this summer. Has anyone here been there? advice? tips?

[Zach]

I've been horseback riding in the Grand Canyon but never done any rafting there. One thing to consider is whether you want to do a dory or a raft.

Raft or Dory?
Our two sister companies, O.A.R.S. Grand Canyon, Inc. and Grand Canyon Dories, Inc., navigate the Colorado in two different types of boats: 18’ neoprene rafts and 17’ hard-hulled dories. Both vessels hold four passengers and a guide who rows with a long pair of oars. They each provide an exciting adventure, with the major difference being in how they ride in large whitewater. Because rafts are inflatable, they ride on top of the water and they have a certain amount of give to them. Therefore when a large wave hits them, they tend to flex a little and roll over the rapids. The dories are sleek, elegant boats made of fiberglass, wood and foam. Passengers sit in a cut out cushioned seat in the dory. Being a hard-hulled boat it obviously has no give, so when a large wave hits it the dory is lifted. This provides a more pronounced, up-and-down ride through the whitewater. Another difference is the amount of time spent in the Canyon. The dories take a more leisurely pace through the Canyon, giving more time for side canyon exploration. Our dory trips generally run 1-2 days longer than our raft trips.

This site has some good pictures and some great info: OARS, offering Grand Canyon rafting and Grand Canyon white water rafting since 1969

[Jreck_p]

Originally Posted by FaNtEcH

Has anyone rafted before? I really love it and have done it a couple of times myself.
It's very common here, in India, if you stay near a river.
It was a great adventure, my first rafting experience!
I almost crashed into a big rock. But then, our guide somehow managed to save us.

Hello !,
Delighted to read here that you have experienced the pleasure of river rafting in India. I want to know in which river of India you have acquired such eventful river rafting?

[JoePeckham]

River rafting is a great thrilling and enthusiastic activity. It is a great water sports but seems to be a little scary because there is always a threat of sinking down the boat due to excessive burden of people over the boat, but overall it is a very good water sports especially when you are in traveling and it is a kind of travel sports as well.

[ady4067]

romania...amazing