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OT: alpacka pack rafts 15-Sep-2012 At 6:58:36 PM SteveC

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A colleague just told me of an hilarious misadventure involving truck tubes and springtime meltwater. Apparently they set off at one in the afternoon to float the Thredbo river from Skitube to Lake Jindy. After about 6 hours they managed to claw their way back up to the road about a 10 minute drive away from where they started. Apparently it is a 2 day float.

Anyway it sounded like a whole load of type 2 fun. But a little bit of preparation, such as wearing a wetsuit and bringing 2 kilos of jellybeans would make it survivable. And using a Pack Raft might even make it type 1 fun.

So I'm just bumping this thread before I actually do any research about where to buy them etc. With a bit of luck someone might tell some stories about how awesome they are to convince me to get one.