Author: Source: A&W Magazine

How to Prepare for a White Water Rafting Trip

Rafting excursions are offered at travel destinations worldwide and can last for a few hours or an entire week. Whether riding the rapids on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, the Zambezi River in Zimbabwe,or floating downstream in Alaska, you can arrive prepared for the great adventure with a proper pre-raft workout plan, attire, and raft-and-paddle know-how.Building a Pre-RaftWorkout1) Warm up by stretching.Shoulder strain is a common white-water rafting injury and proper stretching

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How Do You Count Endangered Species? Look to the Stars

The conversation startedover a fence dividing two backyards. On one side, an ecologist remarked thatsurveying animals is a pain. His neighbor, an astronomer, said he could see objectsin space billions of  light years away.And so began an unusualpartnership to adapt tools originally developed to detect stars in the sky tomonitor animals on the ground.The neighbours, StevenLongmore, the astronomer, and Serge Wich, the ecologist, both of Liverpool’sJohn Moores University in England, made their bac

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Glossary of Canoe Terminology

ABEAM                      To the right, or at right angles to the centreof a craft.AFLOAT                     Floating. Not stuck on a rock or sandbar.AFT                             Towards the rear, or stern, of the canoe.AGROUND                Stuck-usually on a shoal or rock-when you didn’tintend it to be.ASTERN                    Towards the rear, behind, or at the back of yourcanoe.BACK-PADDLE        Paddling backward to slow or reverse the forward motion of acanoe.BEAM                  

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First Indian ‘father-daughter’ – duo scale Mount Everest

Deeya Bajaj and Ajeet Bajajbecame the first Indian father-daughter duo to summit Mount Everest. Theysummitted world’s highest peak at dawn on May 16, 2018.Ajeet Bajaj, a renownedadventurer-explorer, and Deeya, his fearless daughter-protégé and mountaineer,embarked on this incredible journey last month on April 16 when they reachedbase camp at 16,700 feet above sea level. Their expedition offeredthem varied experiences from hard acclimatisation hikes to North Col at 23,000feet to easy Uno days a

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Exciting Water Sports in India

If you are a water sportsenthusiast or an adventure junkie, you have come to the right place. We aregoing to talk about all there is to know about water sports in India. India is increasingly becomingone of the top adventure sports destinations of the world. Some of the topwater sports activitiesin India include Scuba Diving, River Rafting, Knee-boarding, Kayaking, JetSkiing and much more. Read on to know more about the top 10 water sportsactivities in India and the best destinations in India yo

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