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>live in area with lots of lakes and uninhabited land
>buy packraft to reach those far away lonely places
>decide to test packraft on local elongated lake
>forget inflatable seat, but that's fine, it's just a lake
>lake gets more and more narrow
>going kinda fast, think is the wind or something
>oh fuck, forgot about the river at lake's end
>can't turn back, current too strong
>dense vegetation on both sides, can't get off
>no helmet, no spray skirt. no life jacket, only cotton clothing
>first class 3 rapid nears
>"fuck it, let's do it"
>bruise my ass from hitting rocks at high speeds
>inside of raft gets full of water, hard to maneuver
>despite everything, i'm actually having the time of my life
>class 4 rapid nears
>tip over and almost drown, but manage to grab packraft by a D-ring
>float to river bank while swallowing a bunch of water
>arms about to collapse, soaking wet and getting late
>end up right next to an abandoned dam construction site
>there's a track that leads to a road
>walk for hours in the middle of the night until I finally get cell reception and call a friend for a ride
>phone battery dies 2 minutes after the call
That day was the wildest roller coaster ride of my fucking life.
