Amazing...

The only way I can explain the last three weeks since I last posted. I was writing my newest blog this past weekend when my computer shut off and wouldn't turn back on. Effectively losing all my work.

So From The Beginning:

We took a 6 hour train ride to Interlaken Switzerland, which required that we switch trains three different times. When we arrived on Friday most people were tired and decided to go to bed. A few of us went to a local club for a couple drinks before calling it a night. I was first up the next morning to research some activities for the day.

I found the most popular option to be a guided canyoning tour. Canyoning involves traversing down a canyon filled with running glacier water. The Alpine Raft Company(ARC) was highly recommended by a friend so I made a reservation with them for later that morning. I went back woke up my friends and we left for ARC. When we got there they had two options for canyoning. A 3 1/2 hour tour or an "extreme" 7 hour tour. I jumped at the seven hour one, while the rest of my friends decided for the shorter option.

Myself and the others who decided on the seven hour trip picked out our wetsuits and headed out on an hour long van ride to our Canyon. The van ride alone was gorgeous and enabled us to see a good part of Interlaken.

When we arrived at the canyon we all struggled to get suited up in our three layers of thick neopryne suits, on a dirt road nonetheless. We then hiked into the canyon, about 20 minutes, which felt like a sauna in our suits. By the time we reached the water everyone was drenched in sweat. Jumping in the freshly melted glacier water was refreshing, but it took the air right out of you. We then walked a few feet before getting our final rundown. It was obvious by all the four letter words our 2 guides were using that we were about to partake in a very dangerous activity that they take extremely seriously. We were told to listen at all times, never take off our helmets or lifevests, and not to be F***ing idiots. We then headed on to our first activity. A thirty-three foot cliff jump. It was exilerating. From then on my adrenaline didn't seem to stop for the next four hours. Some other fun things we did:

We were repelled down a sixty foot waterfall.
We repelled ourself down a 80ft+ cliff
Natural rock slides: some involved us having to protect ourselves to avoid having a broken nose from being thrown into the rock face by the curvature.
A section where we had to run, jump off a cliff and land butt first on an almost sheer wall that we slid down to the bottom.
We had many other Cliff jumps including a 34 foot jump and a 15 foot jump that I did a front flip off of.

Part 2 to follow...
Thank you all for your interest in my blog, I will post again very soon.