I dont have any of my own photos back yet. But I decided to pre-empt my description of Sunday's whitewater rafting trip on the American river with this yet-to-be-purchased pic of our boat doing the Tunnel Chute. This is a class four rapid (class six is 'risking serious consequences or death') - And your's truly is going in first at the front of the boat (lower right).
This is what is said about it.
Tunnel Chute rapid is like no other whitewater rapid in the world. It is actually a man made chute that was blasted by miners to divert the river to allow better access to the previously natural river channel. The river narrows to a width just wider than the raft is long, the wall becomes vertical on both sides of the river and water pours in from the left side, and then the river drops as you see in these photos. The river then flows through a tunnel below the rapid. What a rush!
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