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that reverie was broken by the need to go
and embark on more daredevilry. The slides
are the most basic of tricks here and there’s
nothing particularly technical about sitting
down and propelling yourself down a slippy,
slidey incline. Which isn’t to say it isn’t great
fun – it is. Indeed to be honest you often find
yourself half sliding through sections of
the river anyway to negotiate the rocky
landscape. While our nimble-footed
guides did their best impressions of
mountain goats, hopping easily around,
us amateurs were more likely to rely
on having four limbs in touch with the
ground to ensure safe passage.
Jumping into a water pool involves
letting go of the earth with all four of
those limbs and our introduction was
relatively tame – jumps a few feet high
that would be achievable on land
but more fun with water to jump into. But the
seriousness, by which we mean height, soon
increased to put us into positions where we
were asked to launch ourselves into the abyss
for a jump that would have us airborne longer
than the norm. In reality they were no highe