点评:I did an amazing 4-day trip with Team4Adventure in January 2023. I contacted them a few months before arriving in Rishikesh. I've done kayaking maybe 20 times in my life, but only flatwater, and only for a few hours at a time. After booking the trip with Team4Adventure I did have a few group lessons in my local swimming pool, mainly to get confortable with wet exits and T-rescues, although also to attempt to learn to roll independently (mostly unsuccessfully).
The trip really exceeded by expectations. The trip started after we drove from Rishikesh a few hours upstream to Srinagar (Uttarakhand). The next 4 days we spent kayaking down the river. I spent some of my time in a hardshell kayak, but did the bigger rapids in a 2-person inflatable 'ducky'. Really exhilarating for a beginner like me - lots of capsizing - but I felt really well-looked-after by the team, and always had a safety kayaker looking out for me. I mostly managed to wait for T-Rescues, although if I wet-exited that was ok too. Beautiful scenery throughout, and amazing campsites on mostly-deserted riverside beaches. The food was really good too - I was expecting sandwiches etc for dinner, but instead received 3-course feasts include some BBQ, with simpler sandwiches etc for lunch. I was warned that the water would be cold in January, but it really wasn't too bad - much better than the UK anyway.
The whole trip was great fun, with lots of 'off-the-beaten-track' experiences that I wouldn't usually have had as a tourist. We even rescued a rooster (see the picture) who was about to meet a watery grave, and kept it safe for the rest of the trip! Thanks for everything - was a really memorable trip!
翻译:2023 年 1 月,我与 Team4Adventure 进行了为期 4 天的惊人旅行。我在抵达瑞诗凯诗 (Rishikesh) 前几个月联系了他们。我这辈子大概划过 20 次皮划艇,但只划过静水,而且一次只有几个小时。在预订了 Team4Adventure 的行程后,我确实在当地的游泳池里上了几节集体课,主要是为了适应潮湿的出口和 T 型救援,同时也尝试学习独立滚动(大部分都没有成功)。
这次旅行真的超出了预期。在我们从瑞诗凯诗开车几个小时上游到斯利那加(北阿坎德邦)后开始了这次旅行。接下来的 4 天,我们沿着河划皮划艇。我花了一些时间在硬壳皮划艇上,但在 2 人充气“鸭子”中进行了更大的急流。对于像我这样的初学者来说真的很令人兴奋 - 很多次翻船 - 但我觉得团队真的很好,而且总是有安全皮划艇运动员照顾我。我大部分时间都设法等待 T-Rescues,尽管如果我湿退出也没关系。到处都是美丽的风景,大部分人迹罕至的河滨海滩上都有令人惊叹的露营地。食物也非常好——我原本期待晚餐吃三明治等,但结果却收到了 3 道菜的盛宴,包括一些烧烤,午餐还有更简单的三明治等。我被警告说 1 月份的水会很冷,但它真的不算太糟糕 - 无论如何比英国好多了。
整个旅程非常有趣,有很多我作为游客通常不会有的“人迹罕至”的经历。我们还救了一只快要遇到水坟的公鸡(见图),并在接下来的旅程中保护它安全!感谢所做的一切——真是一次难忘的旅行!