Oh The Places You'll Go: August 2012

FINALLY!!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kBQPrI-IVGk

*This is going to be a running edit because I have a ton of feed to go through and edit because we had three Go Pros going*

So last weekend, July 28, some of us cool kids from work went on a WICKED whitewater rafting trip in Golden, BC. I have decided that BC is probably one of the most beautiful places in North America and I was only there three days. Anyways, we went rafting on the Kicking Horse River with Alpine Rafting tours and it was bomb.
The rapids seriously looked like that scene in LOTR where the water looks like horses (total nerd moment I know).

On this trip we were supposed to do the upper, middle and lower canyon. However the river was too high so we just did the upper and middle canyon twice. The first time I rode on the front row so I could film forward, the second time I rode hanging on to the front of the boat, looking backwards so I could film backwards. The following pictures are of a section of class 4 rapids ( it only goes to class 5). I was supposed to be filming but I pressed a button one too many times so I got delayed pics. I was kind of disappointed but I still got some good ones to show off:

The view from our campground

Jules protecting herself from the "mozzys" with her wicked stockings

Dylan, the mastermind behing this trip getting into his wetsuit

Pual and Shalia showing off their wetsuits

The first three are from the first run taken by a pro.

I'm the goofy one on the front left with the Go Pro on my head

Awesome.

Colton checking to see if my camera was on

Powering into the entry "line" of the class 4

Most of our group (starting at the front left and working clockwise): TD, Nicole, Jules, Simon (the guide), Jessica, Nicole, and Colton. The three others of our group were in another boat with another Go Pro. The one on Simon's head was pretty much filming the whole time so he got both trips from the back of the boat so standby for that.

The start of the rapids

Here we go class 4. Keep in mind that this river is glacier fed, meaning we had to wear wetsuits because the water was so cold. I opted out of my rain jacket the second time around like a crazy american so I took most of the waves head on.

One of my favorites. Simon just looks so epic.

Halfway through the class 4

Another favorite, that crazy smile on the guide is wicked.

We made it through the class 4

But that doesn't mean the rapids are done.

Another boat wasn't so lucky.

Remember that water is freezing cold.

Meet Ryan, the guide in the boat. This was the guy who gave us the safety briefing before we started and mentioned how flipping boats do happen, but not very often. This was his second time flipping on this trip. He flipped on the first run as well. However, to his credit, he is the best guide with that troupe, he was just opting to use a single oar, where you will see that simon has the two giant oars to guide with. This is a lot more difficult and it showed today.

The one regret of not filming this section was I missed the 1st person view of me pulling a guy in. So here is the aftermath, hopefully Simon got some good footage.

Everyone was ok, no major injuries, just some very cold folks.

Dinner at the campground after the trip.

Chillin out after dinner

Fox begging for food like a brat

And say goodnight.

All in all it was a primo trip, everyone had a wicked time. Like I said stand by for vids.

My apologies all for the delay in the updates. Its been a crazy couple weeks. I have recently moved into a new apartment (future post pending on that) and I've been running around trying to get settled in there. I also don't have internet so I'm eating delicious leftovers and updating at work for my faithful followers.

Two weekends ago, July 21, Fox and I went and explored the beautiful Lake Louise. If anyone ever visits Alberta, that should be a number one stop on your trip. My Go Pro battery was low, so I saved it for the following vids. The pictures don't do it justice because they were from my terrible little phone camera.

Lake Louise everybody: