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Almost Tragic Cave Rafting in Belize
Just returned from NCL cruise which included stop in Belize.
One group did the cave raft trip with a local group, not ship sponsored. Water was fast and high. A father and 11 year old daughter were swept overboard and caught by current under an overhanging rock. The girl almost drowned but the dad was able to hug her and still fight the current enough to get free. Girl badly scared and bruised up. Father with nasty scalp lacerations and lots of river water consumed. Guide helping with rescue badly gashed in forehead. Another person in following raft broke his arm. I would advise caution when booking this trip when water is fast. I would also suggest that the cave companies provide helmets. |
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Almost Tragic Cave Rafting in Belize
Harry Jones wrote:
Just returned from NCL cruise which included stop in Belize. One group did the cave raft trip with a local group, not ship sponsored. Water was fast and high. A father and 11 year old daughter were swept overboard and caught by current under an overhanging rock. The girl almost drowned but the dad was able to hug her and still fight the current enough to get free. Girl badly scared and bruised up. Father with nasty scalp lacerations and lots of river water consumed. Guide helping with rescue badly gashed in forehead. Another person in following raft broke his arm. I would advise caution when booking this trip when water is fast. I would also suggest that the cave companies provide helmets. When we spent our one day in Belize, the ship offered cave tubing. I'm not sure it was the same cave and the same river but it could be. We chose to do something else and I'm really glad we didn't take our 2 teens on that one. When we got back to the ship we heard stories of one group standing in the blazing sun for 2 hours waiting for the tubes to return from the previous group. Then when they finally did get to go, several returned with cuts and scrapes and one woman had a broken arm. Steve |
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"Steve" wrote in message ... Harry Jones wrote: Just returned from NCL cruise which included stop in Belize. One group did the cave raft trip with a local group, not ship sponsored. Water was fast and high. A father and 11 year old daughter were swept overboard and caught by current under an overhanging rock. The girl almost drowned but the dad was able to hug her and still fight the current enough to get free. Girl badly scared and bruised up. Father with nasty scalp lacerations and lots of river water consumed. Guide helping with rescue badly gashed in forehead. Another person in following raft broke his arm. I would advise caution when booking this trip when water is fast. I would also suggest that the cave companies provide helmets. When we spent our one day in Belize, the ship offered cave tubing. I'm not sure it was the same cave and the same river but it could be. We chose to do something else and I'm really glad we didn't take our 2 teens on that one. When we got back to the ship we heard stories of one group standing in the blazing sun for 2 hours waiting for the tubes to return from the previous group. Then when they finally did get to go, several returned with cuts and scrapes and one woman had a broken arm. Steve I did the cave tupbing, not rafting, and it was almost tame!! But then again, I live a few minutes away from where Deliverance was filmed! |
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lj, is that the Chatoogia (sp)? In Clayton GA? I did that river. Made
me squeal like a pig. |
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"lj" wrote in message ... I did the cave tupbing, not rafting, and it was almost tame!! But then again, I live a few minutes away from where Deliverance was filmed! Uh, do you play a banjo? Sorry- couldn't resist G. Paul Johnson |
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"Paul Johnson" wrote in message ... "lj" wrote in message ... I did the cave tupbing, not rafting, and it was almost tame!! But then again, I live a few minutes away from where Deliverance was filmed! Uh, do you play a banjo? Sorry- couldn't resist G. Paul Johnson LOL, no and I don't squeal like a pig either!! Actually, I am on the SC side, about 30 miles from Clayton. I was 12 when the movie came out, but re-watched it in the middle of a sleepless night recently.....the end of the movie where they were moving the coffins and left the river were filmed in the area near me. Most of the river scenes were filmed on and around the SC/NC/GA line. I was young when the movie was made but remember when Duke Power bought all the land and they filled Keowee and Jocassee and covered much of that land and remember it was a big deal when Burt Reynolds was around here. |
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Almost Tragic Cave Rafting in Belize
Can you say which cave tubing company this was? We used Reggie's when
we were in Belize, and they were extremely safety conscious. But when we were there, the water level was so low and slow, that we had to paddle our way down the river with our arms. But boy did we ever get a good upper body workout. Jo-Ann Harry Jones wrote: Just returned from NCL cruise which included stop in Belize. One group did the cave raft trip with a local group, not ship sponsored. Water was fast and high. A father and 11 year old daughter were swept overboard and caught by current under an overhanging rock. The girl almost drowned but the dad was able to hug her and still fight the current enough to get free. Girl badly scared and bruised up. Father with nasty scalp lacerations and lots of river water consumed. Guide helping with rescue badly gashed in forehead. Another person in following raft broke his arm. I would advise caution when booking this trip when water is fast. I would also suggest that the cave companies provide helmets. |
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Almost Tragic Cave Rafting in Belize
My cow has a huge upper body and a big glutteous maximous!haha
wrote in message ups.com... Can you say which cave tubing company this was? We used Reggie's when we were in Belize, and they were extremely safety conscious. But when we were there, the water level was so low and slow, that we had to paddle our way down the river with our arms. But boy did we ever get a good upper body workout. Jo-Ann Harry Jones wrote: Just returned from NCL cruise which included stop in Belize. One group did the cave raft trip with a local group, not ship sponsored. Water was fast and high. A father and 11 year old daughter were swept overboard and caught by current under an overhanging rock. The girl almost drowned but the dad was able to hug her and still fight the current enough to get free. Girl badly scared and bruised up. Father with nasty scalp lacerations and lots of river water consumed. Guide helping with rescue badly gashed in forehead. Another person in following raft broke his arm. I would advise caution when booking this trip when water is fast. I would also suggest that the cave companies provide helmets. |
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