What you need to know about the first drift in Yaoshan
It's best to wear long clothes and trousers that are easy to dry, so as to avoid sunburn of the skin caused by exposure to the sun after water, and it's best for women to wear dark clothes to avoid embarrassment of falling into the water. It is easy to accumulate water in the boat, so it is best to wear plastic slippers or sandals on the raft.
prepare a set of dry clothes. You must be soaked through after drifting. It is more comfortable to change into clean clothes after washing.
only take drinking water or a small amount of food on the raft to prevent physical fatigue during drifting. If you must bring cameras, mobile phones and other water-repellent items, put them in waterproof bags. In addition, you can wear gloves to avoid hand abrasion.
Pay attention to the weather changes. If the temperature is not high, take a raincoat. If the weather is hot, pay attention to sun protection.
Be sure to read the drifting instructions carefully, put on your life jacket and find the safety rope before boarding.
don't do dangerous actions when drifting. Generally speaking, the drifting reaches are relatively safe. As long as you don't get off the boat at will, don't fight with each other, and don't take the initiative to catch the floating objects in the water and the vegetation and stones on the shore, the drifting raft won't turn over.
during drifting, the hull should keep moving in the direction of current as far as possible, especially in places with big waves and rapid currents, and the hull direction should be adjusted at any time to avoid stranding and capsizing.
Pay attention to the arrows and signs along the way during drifting, which can help you find the main waterway and be alert to the falling water area in advance. When going down the rapids, please keep the boat in balance with the boat body, and grasp the handrail on the inside of the boat body. The one behind will lean back slightly, and the two will ensure that the boat body is balanced and parallel to the river and go down the river.
when drifting, you are not allowed to leave the boat and launch without permission. In case of capsizing, there is no need to panic at all. You should be calm and calm. As long as you wear a life jacket, you can ensure safety. At the same time, you should actively cooperate with the boatman's rescue measures to rescue and get on the boat again to continue drifting. Drifting is a physical and courageous challenge. While you seek excitement and enjoy happiness, you should pay attention to safety and master some skills.
1. safely cross the dangerous beach
before reaching the dangerous beach, you can predict the general direction of the downstream; Then, call everyone to close their oars, put their feet back in the boat and get together, hold the protective rope on the edge of the boat with both hands, lean down, don't stand up, and keep the center of gravity of the boat steady, so you can get through it safely.
2. rushing out of the vortex
when the river is deep, the vortex often appears, so you should try to avoid being involved and bypass it. If you are involved, keep calm and let the boat spin along the vortex. When you turn to the periphery of the vortex, everyone can paddle out of the predicament with all their strength.
3. Avoid collision
Staying steady and avoiding collision are the principles that must be abided by during drifting. When it is really unavoidable, the boat should be controlled at the angle of frontal collision (side collision can easily lead to capsizing), and personnel should hold on to the rope. After the collision, the boat will be parallel to the shore. At this time, the passengers on this side should pay attention to closing their feet to avoid being pinched. Sometimes the boats will get close to each other, so in order to avoid collision, the two sides should cooperate with each other to paddle in the opposite direction or touch the hull.
4. Stranding
Where there are dense stones, the waterway becomes narrow, the water depth becomes shallow, and the water flow becomes urgent, which is easy to run aground. At this time, there is no need to panic. You can use the paddle to hold the stone and force the boat to leave the stranded place. If this trick doesn't work, you should send someone into the water to pull or push the boat back into the current from the side, while the boat puller should be nimble and pay attention to safety.
5. Falling into the water
If you accidentally fall into the water, don't panic. The buoyancy of the life jacket is enough to float people on the water, and the companions on the boat should stretch out their paddles for the drowning person to climb and catch. If the drowning person is far away from the rubber boat, he should find a way to go ashore or stay on the back surface of the stone (the water on the surface is strong and easy to be hit by the rubber boat) and wait for rescue.
6. capsizing
capsizing often occurs in areas with fast-flowing water, and it is often because someone falls into the water that the center of gravity of the rubber boat is unstable. Keep calm after capsizing, and straighten the hull first; When boarding the boat again, pay attention to the balance of forces on both sides. When people on one side climb the boat, someone should hold it down on the other side. The dropped paddle should be picked up in time, otherwise you will have to paddle by hand in the slow flow area.
7. The air chamber is broken
This is the worst case. At this time, it is necessary to adjust the position of the personnel on the boat, and do not sit on the position of the ruptured air chamber; Try to keep the rubber dinghy stable and dock for rescue.
Precautions:
1. Drifting is an intense sport, which is not suitable for the elderly, children and people with heart disease and hypertension.
2. Pay attention to safety and put on life jackets and helmets under the guidance of the staff. During drifting, boats will splash water on each other for fun. When encountering an "enemy ship", don't overdo it. Don't deliberately shake the raft or push and pull other people's rafts, which will bring danger.
3. Basically, you will get soaked all over, so don't bring anything that can't get wet. The process is fierce, and things like glasses are best tied with a rope to prevent them from falling out. You should also pay attention to your clothes. You should know that you have to walk a short distance in a state of soaking wet after coming up at last, and don't wear too loose slippers unless you think it doesn't matter if you lose one.
4. Life jackets and safety helmets must be worn. It is very dangerous for the whole person to be washed down like this if it is turned over at the rapids of the gap. In case you fall into the water, don't panic. With the help of a life jacket, you won't sink into the water, but you are drifting in the mountains, and there are many rocks on both sides. Just hold your horses and avoid touching stones and trees on both sides. If you have the chance, grab the objects on both sides and wait for the arrival of rescuers.
5. Be prepared for the cold. Because after being washed by water many times, I began to feel cold later. However, there will be ginger soup to drink after landing, so you don't have to prepare too many things to drive away the cold. On the occasion of Children's Day in 212, the first drifting in Yaoshan, which was grandly kicked off, launched the preferential activities of the Children's Drifting Festival: the slogan "Without Yao Minggao, we will be children", which made this preferential policy face the whole people. On June 1st, drifting tickets with the original price of 128 yuan will only be sold in 61 yuan, and more than half of the discount will become a powerful new attraction. On June 2nd and 3rd, tourists will also enjoy the preferential price of 81 yuan to experience the drifting project.