![]() It’s VERY, VERY important to remember to take a big deep breath before going over the waterfall and holding that breath until you shoot out the other side. URBAN WHITEWATER RAFTING: A LIFE-SAVING TIP Me: “No, as in HELL NO, but let’s do this”īefore I’m ready (ha! let’s be honest, I was never going to be ready) I’m slipping into the bottom of the boat and the front of the boat is pointing down and over the fall we go. I also can’t remember if Ruth has Alan’s contact info because I’m quite sure I’m going to die and she needs to know how to get a hold of him. This is the point where I start to wonder what in the hell I’ve gotten myself into. I politely ask him if he can let me out on the nearby rocks and I’ll make my way down river some and they can pick me back up. The entire time we’ll be sitting on the bottom of the raft so we don’t fall out. He shares that the raft will go over the waterfall and drop down into the water, pop back up, spin around so that we will be in the waterfall, which will feel like we are underwater but aren’t, and then we’ll shoot out of the rapid and be back on the calm water. ![]() Honestly, after the “6-foot drop” statement I may have zoned out some from pure terror. Seiver paddles the raft into an eddy where he continues to explain what is about to happen. I’m sorry, did you say a 6-foot drop? (You did read the first paragraph, right? I’m serious about the wimpy me.) The tranquility of the calm float was a bit short lived as it wasn’t long before the guide starts filling us in about the upcoming Class II, 6-foot drop rapid. URBAN WHITEWATER RAFTING: WHERE I THOUGHT I MIGHT DIE Really, how cool is it to raft between two states? Everything is going to be great.”Īfter that initial rapid it’s fun floating down the river with Uptown Columbus on one side and Alabama on the other side. The first rapid with a slight drop is immediately after we push off from shore. Seiver assured me that he wouldn’t let me fall out of the raft, Ruth assured me that I am going to have the best time ever. Into the van and over to the launch point, aka no turning back.Īt the launch point we carefully climb into the raft and, since it was only Ruth and me, sit in the very front. Pretty sure the Chattahoochee River said: “Hold my beer!” URBAN WHITEWATER RAFTING: GETTING IN THE RIVERĪt Whitewater Express we checked in, tucked our things in a locker (small fee) and met our rafting guide, Seiver, to get geared up. I thought “How bad can Class II and III rapids be? This should be fun and not too horribly scary” (yikes!)Īs you can probably guess we decided to go during the Class II and III rapids timeframe. The great thing about this course is that the morning trips are normally Class II and III rapids and the afternoon trips can run as crazy as Class V rapids. I was going to experience the world’s longest urban white water rafting course and one of the top 12 man-made adventures in the world according to USA Today. ![]() ![]() That being said, I have NO IDEA what came over me when I said I would give Urban Whitewater Rafting with Whitewater Express a try during my visit to Columbus, GA. I don’t ride roller coasters, I don’t go zip-lining (I’ve tried it, quit halfway through), skiing, nope, skydiving, hell no, you get the idea. I have no adrenaline junkie tendencies and prefer my feet to always be planted firmly on the ground with few exceptions. Disclaimer: I was a guest of Columbus CVB and this adventure was part of my hosted stay. ![]()
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