On Saturday, we decided a good way to kill time before the Incan Trail would be to raft through a Class IV section of the mighty Urubamba River. Most of us had prior rafting experience, so no one was really concerned about falling out. If you fall out, you’re in the water for at most a few seconds then they pull you back out. Worse case scenario, you ride out the rapids for a few more seconds then get scooped up in slower waters. On our bus ride to the starting point, we stopped over a canyon and the guide pointed to the Class IV in the river bend, mentioning there was a chance that we might flip. We all salivated at the idea. The day started out as well as could be expected. When we
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