All safe and sound and finished with one heck of a rafting trip. Obviously one of the more exciting days of our trip. What a adrenaline rush.
The first half of the day was "tranquillo", but then things got rocking. Less than five minutes after lunch we went from resting to rescue. There were two boats in our group, and the guide on the second boat got thrown out. This created a rescue operation for the Till Boys as the rudderless boat flip and we had to begin pulling in swimmers to our boat...all while we where in a series of rapids called the "terminator". With some people pulled in, John turned over their boat and jumped into their empty boat. Too many people in our boat and on the wrong side, we proceeded to flip. Father Till went airborne into the river as did everyone else including our guide. "Sh-t the bed!" John proceeded to rescue. Till boys were worried for the old man who was now in the river who finally surfaced and pulling him in Quite the experience. After the accident, there were two girls on the other boat who would not continue, so two guys from their boat joined us for the remainder of the rafting trip. WOW.
The guides put our lunch display inside the old train station. We were hungry from both the cold and work.
Day four started high in the Andes on the Mendoza River. As you might be able to tell from our lower torso, the river is ice melt and very cold. We were out fitted with wet suits, helmets, boots, and jacket. The trip was a full day and this was our lunch stop, an abandoned train station. The air is warm so some of the till boys stripped down.
All safe and sound and finished with one heck of a rafting trip. Obviously one of the more exciting days of our trip. What a adrenaline rush.
The first half of the day was "tranquillo", but then things got rocking. Less than five minutes after lunch we went from resting to rescue. There were two boats in our group, and the guide on the second boat got thrown out. This created a rescue operation for the Till Boys as the rudderless boat flip and we had to begin pulling in swimmers to our boat...all while we where in a series of rapids called the "terminator". With some people pulled in, John turned over their boat and jumped into their empty boat. Too many people in our boat and on the wrong side, we proceeded to flip. Father Till went airborne into the river as did everyone else including our guide. "Sh-t the bed!" John proceeded to rescue. Till boys were worried for the old man who was now in the river who finally surfaced and pulling him in Quite the experience. After the accident, there were two girls on the other boat who would not continue, so two guys from their boat joined us for the remainder of the rafting trip. WOW.
The guides put our lunch display inside the old train station. We were hungry from both the cold and work.
Day four started high in the Andes on the Mendoza River. As you might be able to tell from our lower torso, the river is ice melt and very cold. We were out fitted with wet suits, helmets, boots, and jacket. The trip was a full day and this was our lunch stop, an abandoned train station. The air is warm so some of the till boys stripped down.
WOW! You survived! Time to come home!
ReplyDeleteJack and I are really enjoying your adventure. Today was a little too thrilling. Glad you are all safe. Thank goodness for all the excellent Murman swimmers. I think you guys need to eat a little more red meat!
ReplyDeleteWe were glad Father Till survived and happy the Junior Tills are so athletic to help save the boat and their dad. I am guessing the safety standards are a little lower in Argentina than the US, huh? No waivers to sign, just thank your guide if you survive.
ReplyDeletePleased to hear that all are well. I would agree with Lynn--Wow--Time to come home. It was obvious that good swimmers were needed. Nebraska was defeatede by Texas A & M 64 to 53. It was on TV. Nebraska played fairly well until the later part of the game. Then they really fell apart. Have a safe trip home.
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Wow! Glad you all made it! What an adventure! It's warming up for your return, high of 25 today.
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