There and Back Again, Our Tale

We went canyoning a few days ago which constists of rappeling, ziplining, jumping, and rocksliding through a canyon filled with glacial water.
The first rappel is 150 down into the water and a little nerve-wracking!
Our first rappel and of course AJ is selected to go first. Quite scary when you have been given all of 5 minutes worth of instruction.

AJ at the bottom watching Erika begin her descent. She looked like a pro!

Some of the beautiful, yet dangerous scenery we passed through.

The group trying not to fall into the water and make fools of themselves while trying to keep up with the guides.

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We got to slide down this rock face on our backs which was pretty awesome! Especially because you didn't know where you were landing til you hit the water.

The slip and slide swiss style, not the kind you see in your backyard.

Erika on one of the first jumps. They gave you a specific technique to jump in otherwise you would hit the floor of the canyon possibly breaking your feet or shoulders.

This is the "big" jump which Erika was not allowed to go off of. The guides did not know she was a diver so they babied her a lot. Because Erika is so small she would get tossed around a lot by the rapids. The jump was probably 7 meters high and the target area AJ had to jump into was a 5 foot radius.

The leap of faith.

The huge boulder in the water is barely held in place by other rocks. It looked like it was about to crash into the water below at any moment but our fearless guides assured us it probably wouldn't.

AJ on the zipline. We could barely stay still because the rocks were so slippery and the water was rushing beneath our feet. You can not see it but the water is about 30 feet below us.

Erika on the zipline that went between massive rocks that were barely suspended by other rocks. Kind of sketchy but totally worth the risk!

The group as we trekked through this ridiculous obstacle course of sharp rocks and raging waters. It was hard to see most of the rocks because they were under rapids.

Erika in her Maus helmet, she got it because she was by far the smallest one in the group. She had just backflipped into the water impressing the guides greatly.

This is AJ doing a backflip off of a zipline into the water. We had to wait til the instructors told us we were in the right spot to jump in because there are rocks all around us except for that small little patch.

The entire group that went with us and they were all really cool, especially our two guides, the ones in the red and black helmets. They are pretty crazy and would leap from rock to rock much faster than the rest of us.

The cute couple halfway into the middle of a waterfall. The water was frigid and numbed your hands the moment it touched because it is all glacier water.

Overall an unbelieveable day with lots of adventure. We were exhausted after the 5 hour workout but will remember it forever! We definitely recommend it to anyone in a heartbeat!

Hope you enjoyed our excursion and we will try to keep updating and you up to where we actually are, Milan!