While it was still (relatively) warm here, we decided to go to Interlaken, Switzerland for some extreme sports. We left around 16:00 on friday, and arrived at 22:00. We stayed at a place called Balmers, which is world famous, so when we got there there were guards that checked our IDs before they let us in. It was intense. We stayed in a 10 person dorm, and there were 15 of us total. We went down to the bar for a bit that night, but knew we needed to rest up for our big excursion the next day.
On Saturday, we signed up for a 6 hours canyoning experience. Canyoning uses repelling, climbing, jumping and sliding to descend the canyon. We headed to the shop we would depart from and were told it was time to gear up. We were given a long wet suit, two wetsuit jackets, special shoes, a life vest, a harness and a helmet. Each of the helmets had names, and mine was "Flipper". They loaded us into a van and we travelled about an hour up the mountain. They dropped us off on the side of the road and that is where we changed into our gear. Good thing they told us to wear a bathing suit. They lead us on a short hike and we came to a cliff where they told us we would now repel down into the canyon. Yeah okay. It was a 150 foot cliff, and there was nothing to hold onto as you stepped over the cliff. It was one of the most thrilling things I had ever done. Once we got to the bottom, we continued on. Now I should let you all know that the water in the canyon was about 40 degrees. Almost right away we were swimming in the water, and it was a brain freeze every time you went under. One of the coolest parts was using the natural slides that the water had made out of the granite rocks it ran over. There was also a 25 foot jump, where you have to make sure you don't hit rocks! It was a workout, and we got a little bruised, but it was definitely the coolest thing I have ever done. We were so cold by the end of it, that our hands were bright red and we were definitely ready to get into our sweats. The rest of the weekend was pretty laid back. We were so tired, so we just walked around some of the shops got dinner and packed up to leave early on sunday. Such a great weekend!
On Saturday, we signed up for a 6 hours canyoning experience. Canyoning uses repelling, climbing, jumping and sliding to descend the canyon. We headed to the shop we would depart from and were told it was time to gear up. We were given a long wet suit, two wetsuit jackets, special shoes, a life vest, a harness and a helmet. Each of the helmets had names, and mine was "Flipper". They loaded us into a van and we travelled about an hour up the mountain. They dropped us off on the side of the road and that is where we changed into our gear. Good thing they told us to wear a bathing suit. They lead us on a short hike and we came to a cliff where they told us we would now repel down into the canyon. Yeah okay. It was a 150 foot cliff, and there was nothing to hold onto as you stepped over the cliff. It was one of the most thrilling things I had ever done. Once we got to the bottom, we continued on. Now I should let you all know that the water in the canyon was about 40 degrees. Almost right away we were swimming in the water, and it was a brain freeze every time you went under. One of the coolest parts was using the natural slides that the water had made out of the granite rocks it ran over. There was also a 25 foot jump, where you have to make sure you don't hit rocks! It was a workout, and we got a little bruised, but it was definitely the coolest thing I have ever done. We were so cold by the end of it, that our hands were bright red and we were definitely ready to get into our sweats. The rest of the weekend was pretty laid back. We were so tired, so we just walked around some of the shops got dinner and packed up to leave early on sunday. Such a great weekend!
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