Adventure Travel is fun.
But at times it is also treacherous. If it didn't have an element of risk, it wouldn't be an adventure.
In recent news, the deaths of people drowning from rafting related accidents has appeared exceedingly high.
On the Snake River, University of Georgia student, Oliver Woodward, was in a group of six people rafting Tuesday when he and another rafter fell overboard while traveling through rapids known as “Kings Wave" in the Snake River Canyon, the Teton County Sheriff's Office in Jackson said.
Searchers are still looking for Woodward, as of today, July 7, 2017.
July 5, 2017, a man falls from his kayak on Lake Tahoe. officials as 41-year-old William Weaver of Citrus Heights..
According to the news, South Lake Tahoe Fire Rescue Battalion Chief Jim Drennan said firefighters were called about 3:30 p.m. Tuesday to Beach Drive in the Tahoe Keys. Drennan said Weaver and his wife were on a double kayak on the water when afternoon wind was producing waves.
The boat capsized and Weaver, who was not wearing a life jacket, went under. Firefighters performed cardiopulmonary resuscitation, but the Weaver was later pronounced dead at Barton Memorial Hospital in South Lake Tahoe.
On the same day, a 55-year-old Texas woman who died during a kayaking mishap in the Ottawa River.
Lynn Bartholomew of Dallas was staying at Wilderness Tours and kayaking with a group on Tuesday morning when she was last seen getting out of her kayak after going through a set of rapids.
July 1, a 36-year old man, identified as Perry E. Ratcliffe Jr. of Lebanon, died after being pinned under his kayak at the Swatara Creek in Lebanon County. Ratcliffe was with a group of 14 when they got stuck floating over a load head dam. Ratcliffe was pulled under heavy rapids near the dam and was later pronounced dead.
The list goes on.
The common factor - almost everyone was on water and we had a wet winter nearly all across the United States. Lots of snow and rain means high water flow. While a lot of people who love water sports love high water flow - which can include some pretty cool rapids to navigate, novices aren't always as safe.
If you want to have a great experience on the water, remember some of these basics:
1. Don't drink or consume drugs while boating
2. If you don't have the experience, don't experiment with high water flow
3. Always wear a life-jacket and helmet
4. Travel with a guide if you aren't familiar with waters or experienced.
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