Canyoning

After a couple days rest from the beating we took in the water while riverboarding, the water levels around the area are back to being safe enough to get back in. So this morning we headed over to the 12 Mile campground area just outside of Queenstown to do some canyoning. The sun finally broke through this morning and we were lucky enough to get some warm weather, finally, for another cold water activity. Canyoning involves hiking up a trail and then coming back down via the fast moving snowmelt that rushes through the canyon. There's a good amount of scampering over wet and slippery rocks, some rappelling from tricky cliffs, a zipline to get across the canyon to access the fun stuff, some swimming/riding of the rapids, some sliding down rock slides and waterfalls in the rapids, and a few thrilling (scary) jumps into waterfalls, whirlpools and bubbling water. In the picture, you can see John giving the thumbs up before leaping off a 25 foot cliff into the water below. To give some concept of that height, it's like jumping off the roof of a 2-story house. If it's not obvious from the picture, Carrie's look is meant to express, "you must be kidding me, right?" Good fun.