June 15, 2009
A daring few, ready to go rafting down the best rapids in Europe.
An old bus takes us an hour up the East Glacial River, known as the most powerful glacial river in Europe.
briefing
Stefan, Andreas, Martin - readier than ever
scouting some rapids
Martin, and the rock where we did NOT wanna flip our raft...
Three big falls in short succession make this a class 4+ passage (on a global scale from 1 thru 5)
first raft down the rapids (2934 kB movie file)
But of course we did flip, right after the first fall. Everyone washed down the falls...Marie and myself survived the swim, but got "stuck" on the far side of the river. Oh well.
third raft down the rapids (2950 kB movie file)
Later, a whole crew got ejected...except for the guide.
guide goes solo surfing (1046 kB movie file)
Stina and David during a snack break
going for a drysuit swim in the balmy river (4°C / 36°F)
At the end, the rafts go up the hillside on an tractor-driven "elevator".
tractor pulling (1005 kB movie file)
In our raft were: Marie, Christine, David...
...Stina, and myself.