Colombia A little rafting adventure: trapped on a rock in the middle of the river
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Johan Kruseman
Updated on 23 September 2024
Updated on 23 September 2024
Ok. Sitting in a nightbus for 12 hours with wifi: time for a little story. Yesterday i had a crazy rafting experience thanks to quiet an unexperienced rafting guide. It went all smooth until a rock appeared in the middle of the river (this does happen while rafting). We hit the rock and the water pushed the boat vertical. We climbed out quickly onto the rock, just big enough for all 7 when the guide lost stability and fell back into the boat which released the boat from its vertical position causing the boat to take the guide down to the river. So there we were with the 6 of us on a small rock in the middle of a class 4 rapid, water streaming violently on both sides with no boat nor guide. It took the guide half an hour to bring the boat back upstream after wich he could place the boat under the rock as a bridge to the next from where we could continue. Free at last.
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Traveled route: Bogotá, Chiquinquirá, San Gil, Cartagena, Santa Marta, Parque Nacional Natural Tayrona, Medellín, Valle de Cocora, Cali
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