That was the last command I heard before hitting the ice cold wall of water on the River Oetz. My hands tightly gripping the paddle and simultaneously trying to hold the outside safety line of the raft while my  feet stayed firmly positioned in the foot cones.

After breaking through a giant standing wave I heard the next command being shouted out: 'hard forward right!' . I made sure that everyone was still safely in the raft. What did our river guide tell us about the next rapid? I tried hard to remember what he said whilst driving my paddle through the raging water. 'Straight on, right through the middle of the big waves, then a hard left turn after the large rock to escape that nasty hole on river right!'  A quick glance over my right shoulder told me that we had already passed the large rock. I doubled my efforts...

"Slide, Jump & Swim!"

'Pay attention to your footing and as soon as you are through the waterfall use your legs to push yourself away from the slippery rock face,' said our Canyoning guide. 

Slowly the waterpressure was pushing me from behind into the next little pool of crystal clear mountain water. Going down the passage, the jet of water shot over my head and I submerged for a second into a natural spa pool. Right then, I felt the security of my climbing harness and let the rope slowly slide through my hands...

Now I was quite thankful for the thermo insulating top equipment we got changed into a few hours ago.  

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