Whitewater rafting

When we see thrill sports like sky diving, skiing, bungee jump etc., we try to visualize our self and feel excited about it. But when it comes to real action, most of us would say, "It ain't that exciting to try ". The same thing happened with couple of members in our group when I proposed the idea of rafting. With great deal of time(?), we convinced them.

We did whitewater rafting in Big Pigeon River, Smokies Mountain. It was roughly a six mile stretch with variety of rapids from Class I to IV. They had names for every rapid. The amicable instructor wanted to make us comfortable during the journey. So he asked for translation of instructions in our language, unaware of the situation that each one of us had their own language. We agreed for commands in Tamil and we taught him three words 'forward', 'backward' and 'Stop'. It was real fun to hear him.

Some of the Class III and IV rapids really shook us bad. But, personally I expected it to be little more rapid and rough than what was present. I guess the water flow was bit lenient. We expected a couple of tumbles into the stream. Our dream went in vain. Nevertheless, It was a very good experience and our understanding about rafting was changed completely.