A whitewater canoe is just what the term implies: a canoe that you use on a whitewater river. Generally, the image usually conjured up when you say canoe is a pastoral image of a person silently gliding over a smooth, calm pond. A whitewater canoe trip is something much more exciting and more dangerous than our general images of a canoe trip.
The sport of whitewater boating is an exciting one. The extremeness of the sport can range from beginning, or fairly tame, to more advanced and very exciting and dangerous. Canoeing on whitewater is generally a group sport, although usually only one person is in each canoe. It is a group event simply because usually several people will go down the rapids together in a group looking out for each other.
Adrenaline In A Whitewater Canoe
Part of the appeal of rapidly going down a wild river in a whitewater canoe is the primal adrenaline rush the experience gives the participants. For the beginner, who is usually navigating a tamer river, the adrenaline rush will probably still be there, simply because it is a new experience and can be rather dangerous.
Usually the canoe itself will be rented, especially if the...