Friday, December 1, 2006
Jet boating
This afternoon, after a brief rest from our crazy adventures in the canyon, we signed up with Shotover Jet to go jetboating in Shotover Canyon. Jetboating is a very unique experience. The closest analogy of the boat is a giant jetski, its jet propulsion system is similar but it's much larger, and it seats 15 people. The drivers are all just a touch insane, as they fly through the narrow canyon at speeds up to 70 kph, deliberating buzzing the cliffsides by mere inches, power sliding around corners, and doing the Shotover Jet's "signature" 360-spin. The spins are tons of fun, as the entire boat gets whipped around in a tight circle, splashing everyone inside. Maybe the most impressive thing in the boats is the creature comforts...they of course provide everyone with splash jackets and life vests so that you don't get *too* wet, but every row of seats comes equipped with heated handlebars! Certainly encourages everyone to hold on as the cold water comes splashing in. (Updated 12/6/06: Video from the Shotover Jet fixed.)
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Judging from your hair styles you must be going pretty fast!This one sounds fun. Heated handlebars ! Siunds like something I might need on my bike.
Tank
UCLA with the upset of the week over USC, looks like Michigan may have their rematch :)
Looks like you guys are having a blast, keep up with the updates, we'll keep reading them.
dave
Go Blue. I ♥ UCLA.
Is this Shotover Jet video working for anybody with a broadband connection? It's hard for us to try it out here, the connection's a wee bit slow.
I can't get this video to work, but it could just be me :)
Sorry, the BCS screwed up and picked Florida. Who wants to see that crappy team? At least the Wolverines would have given OSU a game.
Alright, this video should be working now. My fault for messing with the html to make the formatting nicer.
Just one more reason to hate all teams that come out of Florida.
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