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All-Outdoors California Whitewater Rafting的点评
点评:Spent a day on the middle fork of the American River with my company for a work bonding experience and it couldn’t have gone better.
It was an organized production from start to finish. Guides and boats were ready to go as soon as we assembled for our safety brief. We got our gear and hit the water without delay.
My guide, Wyatt, was on his second summer as a water rafting guide and knew what he was doing. He had us trained and ready for the rapids fairly quickly and maintained a calming presence throughout the trip, no matter how fast it felt like we were doing.
We stopped for lunch about half way through. The guides left fresh fruit and chips on the tables for us to snack on while they prepared the sandwich stations. Plenty of options and those with dietary options ate first. There was enough for everyone who wanted to get seconds. Definitely a better meal than I expected to have on the side of the river.
The second half of the day after lunch is when you start hitting the bigger rapids and they are a blast. Our guide made sure to keep us in the best position to navigate the hazards and we always felt safe in our raft. Wyatt did a great job to identify the names of rapids and give a quick spiel on where to go if you end up coming out of the boat. Everyone was always prepared but luckily we all stayed in the boat.
Through the trip there are slower areas on the river where folks can get out of the boat and take a little swim, but the water was a little too chilly for me this year. Lots of others enjoyed floating by the rafts though.
At the end, we were greeted by a boat the towed us the last small leg of the journey to our pull-out location in the Folsom lake. Busses were waiting to get us back to our cars where we launched from.
They had links to the photographers posted along the rivers and cold non-alcoholic refreshments waiting for us. We quickly cleaned and returned our gear and said our goodbyes.
I understand they have more technical routes for those more daring and experienced, but for a bunch of amateurs enjoying a day off work together this was the perfect route.
Travel Tips: have good shoes you don’t care about, a Sun shirt, and lots of sunscreen. Take a bottle of water and a small waterproof bags for your phone. There’s room to clip it in the boat. They have a key rack so you don’t have to worry about losing your keys in the river. Finally — be sure to tip your guides! A more seasoned rafter told me $10/per head the boat is a fairly standard tip and everyone on my boat was okay with that.
I strongly recommend All-Outdoors in you’re in the Sacramento area and looking for a rafting guide company.
翻译:和我的公司在美国河的中岔口度过了一天,体验了工作联系,一切都再好不过了。
这是一个从开始到结束都是有组织的制作。我们一集合好准备安全简报,导游和船只就准备好了。我们拿起装备,立即下水。
我的导游怀亚特(Wyatt)是他担任漂流导游的第二个夏天,他知道自己在做什么。他让我们训练并很快为急流做好准备,并在整个旅程中保持平静,无论我们感觉速度有多快。
我们大约走到一半的时候停下来吃午饭。导游在桌子上留下了新鲜水果和薯条,让我们在准备三明治时可以吃零食。有很多选择,那些有饮食选择的人先吃。对于每个想要秒的人来说已经足够了。绝对比我想象的在河边吃的更好。
午餐后的后半天,您将开始体验更大的急流,那真是太刺激了。我们的导游确保我们处于最佳位置以应对危险,我们在木筏上总是感到安全。怀亚特(Wyatt)出色地识别了急流的名称,并快速介绍了如果您最终下船该去哪里。每个人都做好了准备,但幸运的是我们都留在了船上。
在旅途中,河上有一些速度较慢的区域,人们可以下船游泳,但今年的水对我来说有点太冷了。不过,还有很多人喜欢在木筏上漂浮。
最后,一艘船迎接了我们,将我们拖到福尔瑟姆湖的最后一小段旅程。巴士正在等着把我们送回我们出发的车上。
他们有在河边张贴的摄影师的链接,还有冷的不含酒精的茶点等着我们。我们很快清理并归还装备并道别。
我知道他们为那些更大胆、更有经验的人提供了更多技术路线,但对于一群一起享受休息日的业余爱好者来说,这是一条完美的路线。
旅行小贴士:带上你不关心的好鞋子、一件防晒衬衫和大量防晒霜。准备一瓶水和一个装手机的小防水袋。船上有空间可以将其夹住。他们有一个钥匙架,所以你不必担心在河里丢失钥匙。最后——一定要给你的导游小费!一位经验丰富的椽子告诉我,每人 10 美元,这是一个相当标准的小费,我船上的每个人都同意这一点。
如果您在萨克拉门托地区并正在寻找漂流向导公司,我强烈推荐全户外活动。