We checked in and suited up at Canadian Outback headquarters at the Executive Suites Hotel & Resort. We were given a wet suit, booties, helmet and a life jacket, then off into the bus we went. I recommend that you bring as little as possible. I had a small bag but the inside of the bus is really muddy and wet and your bag is highly likely to fall off the seat when it drives back down to the end point. The only thing I carried out with me was my waterproof camera, which I attached to my life jacket.
Our guides preparing our rafts!
Our raft's guide was Rick, a Kiwi living in Squamish!
All loaded up and ready to ship off!
Yeah, I'm wearing my glasses. They didn't fall off in the water ahaha!
I also got to sit up at the front of the raft, dangling my feet out in front WHILE riding the rapids! Aw man, I got such a thrill! I could literally see the waves of whitewater coming at me. It was like a roller coaster ride!
We were assigned to be the last raft but we had such paddling power (despite or because of a crew being almost entirely of women) we kept getting ahead of the third raft. Wusses! lol
Old man's beard moss grows only where the air is pure.
Lovely colours of lichens on the rocks.
Here's a compilation video of all the Go-Pro cameras from each raft that Canadian Outback uploaded:
White water rafting is super fun and exhilarating. They didn't name the trip Elaho Exhilarator for nothing! I was sad when there weren't any more rapids at the end. Even though it was about 2 hours, it felt like the adventure ended too quickly! I would recommend trying it out at least once in your life and maybe a couple more times.
Now, off to my next adventure!
Really exciting! I've seen a lot of white water rafting pigeon forge but I haven't tried it yet. Me and my friends are actually planning next weekend,
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