This weekend was dedicated towards
canyoning and rafting. Spent the evening of Friday driving to Ötztal
with Sven and Johanna. Sven being the organiser of the trip, him
having met Johanna in Egypt a few years prior to date.
After sleeping in a pension which was
supplied by water c raft, the company we were doing this with, and a
good breakfast it was of to base. Meeting the rest of the group and
our guide we had a fun chat before being supplied with all our gear
and setting of to the canyon. Being eight people in the bus it got
rather warm with wetsuits on. Arrived at the entrance to the canyon
the first thing we did was a safety briefing.
Then we took the plunge into cold
water. Start of summer and they still have a lot of snow at the top
of the mountains which is melting and making lots of cold water. At
first rather flattish with a few small abseiling places. Got steeper
carrying on but we all had no problem. Sven made lots of pictures and
there were only a few slips here and there. Then the first big
waterfall we went down through. So much water that you couldn't see
through. Also the first place we were completely drenched. Carried on
and had a few pools and waterfalls along the way. Last point was a
30m abseiling cliff with the last 1m being a drop.
Once all had arrived at the bottom we
grilled something called an Alpendöner, basically meat, onions,
mustard and beer in a bun. After scoffing ourself on food it was back
to the bus and base.
After arriving and getting changed we
had a drink and received our certificates. Had a chat with everyone
and then it was back to the pension and some food to eat before bed.
No comments:
Post a Comment