"Back Right, Forward Left, Duck, Duck" are the last words echoing through your mind as the raft flips sideways, catapulting you into the category five rapids below. You barely have time to see your life flash before your eyes as you are dragged under for a third time leaving you wondering which way is up! Holding your breath when the wind has been knocked out of you is difficult enough, but being thrown around in a washing machine is a scary experience, even for the most hardcore adrenaline junkie. On parting with $130USD, my friend Lee assured me it couldn't be as hardcore as the media portrays. Besides if it was so dangerous, they wouldn't let inexperienced rafters attempt such a dangerous river - right? With names of rapids like Stairway to Heaven, The Terminator, The
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