Rafting and white water rafting are recreational outdoor activities which use an inflatable raft to navigate a river or other body of water. This is often done on whitewater or different degrees of rough water, and generally represents a new and challenging environment for participants. Dealing with risk and the need for teamwork is often a part of the experience. The development of this activity as a leisure sport has become popular since the mid-1970s, evolving from individuals paddling 10 feet (3.0m) rafts with double-bladed paddles to multi-person rafts propelled by single-bladed paddles and steered by a tour guide at the stern. It is considered an extreme sport, and can be fatal. The International Rafting Federation (IRF) is the worldwide body which oversees all aspects of the sport.
Classes of white water
Otherwise known as the International Scale of River Difficulty, below are the six grades of difficulty in white water rafting. They range from simple to very dangerous and potential death or serious injuries.
Within his stories, Tolkien translated the name "Middle-earth" as Endor (or sometimes Endórë) and Ennor in the Elvish languagesQuenya and Sindarin respectively, sometimes referring only to the continent that the stories take place on, with another southern continent called the Dark Land.
Middle-earth is the central continent of Earth (Arda) in an imaginary period of the Earth's past
(Tolkien placed the end of the Third Age at about 6,000 years before his own time), in the sense of a "secondary or sub-creational reality".
Its general position is reminiscent of Europe, with the environs of the Shire intended to be reminiscent of England (more specifically, the West Midlands, with Hobbiton set at the same latitude as Oxford).
Slowly moving onwards - Perceive the light of day Hazy in the distance - No need for delay A piercing ray of sunlight - The moring will prevail Horizons getting clearer - The darkness lifts her veil A myraid of colours - A rainbow drop of dew Scatters iron bridges - Of thoughts I always knew A turbulent upheaval - The water froths and churns As if the cool surroundings - Is laughing as it burns A river flowing to the sea No way of knowing its destiny Skipping over stones and telling stories Of a life carried along The water making up a song Settling for the motions - Of pathways preordained All must travel onwards - The riverbed maintained Delight in our confinement - Make haste and join the fray The stone of life is rolling - No time to halt and play A river flowing to the sea No way of knowing its destiny Skipping over stones and telling stories Of a life carried along The water making up a song A space opens before me - A journey's at an end Pain or true salvation - What's waiting round the bend? Mingling with the silence - I hear a distant roar The end I had imagined - Is just another door A river flowing to the sea No way of knowing its destiny Skipping over stones and telling stories Of an end that never is
A scene from a WillametteRiver party in June ... Willie Levinson, who runs the organization HumanAccessProject and aims to spread the good word about the Willamette River, is largely responsible for the river renaissance.
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The Ridgeway, running along the edge of the Chiltern escarpment, is a great ...Chris AllenA river in the sky near Wrexham ... The Dee, 39 metres (127 feet) below, supplies this “river that runs in the sky”.
Sun Sentinel
27 Dec 2024
Sun Sentinel
27 Dec 2024