canyoning in ötztal

two best memories:

saturday - it was cold cold cold. some of us had made a small abseil, swum through a small pool and were waiting on a little sand bank. we were waiting for the others. we were all cold (the wetsuits were great, but your hands freeze in the icy cold water). someone started jumping around and jogging to keep warm. more of us started to do this. then we started to be silly and dance in a crazy way. it was funny - we were wiggling, doing starjumps, being crazy. mathias (our leader) and the others looked down at us all being silly and started laughing, gave us the thumbs up. hilarious! (and effective at making us warm)

sunday - a long and difficult abseil. the instructors were both with us at the abseil. the others went on ahead. finally we caught up, i was one of the last ones, with the instructors. we came across the others, they were all hiding in a little hole, because they couldn't go any further - there was another abseil and they needed the equipment. imagine about 10 people, in wetsuits, helmets, etc., hiding in a little "cave" about 1.5m in diameter, shivering. it was funny.