{"id":4249,"date":"2017-11-02T20:53:17","date_gmt":"2017-11-02T20:53:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/indoorsout.co.uk\/blog\/?p=4249"},"modified":"2018-03-09T14:38:38","modified_gmt":"2018-03-09T14:38:38","slug":"our-day-at-the-gorge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/indoorsout.co.uk\/blog\/02\/11\/2017\/our-day-at-the-gorge","title":{"rendered":"Our day at the gorge\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Today we dove into a freezing plunge pool and squelched down a quarter mile of vertical roads all muddy and so cold I couldn’t unzip my coat, only to then get changed in the woods 20 feet away from a road. But it was well worth it, it was the best day of the week!<\/p>\n

As we approached the gorge the sound of crashing waves on the rocks became evermore fierce and then Jez, our instructor, stopped and showed us a map of the gorge which was very deceiving as it looked tiny.\u00a0 After a brisk talk about the gorge, we progressed onto the first stage of scrambling over the boulders.<\/p>\n

It started off with a wide plateau and quite dry but after the first corner of easy skipping over stepping stones, it became thin and deep.<\/p>\n

We came to a little pool with a short climb around it that we all finished with ease, this was coupled with a small challenge that Jez likes to call the ‘elephant’s bottom’, which was a thin slippery slope with crashing water coming through our feet, at the top were 2 rocks balanced together that we had to squeeze through; it was really tight, we could barely fit through, the biting water completely soaking us to the skin.<\/p>\n

We then found a natural slide which lead to a small pool so each person had a turn going down it, first on our front and the on our back, each time getting absolutely drenched in freezing cold water which made 90% of the group scream, especially Josh.<\/p>\n

After a while of hilarious scrambling up the gorge, we came to the finale; the plunge pool… it was absolutely freezing, colder than the little streams. Jez took us to a ledge about 5 meters above the pool and told us that it may look big but it’s actually tiny. It was surrounded by a submerged ledge that would break our legs if we were to land on it. We each took our turns to jump in but some of us, Ben and I included, wanted to do more jumps, so we had a competition who could make the biggest splash.<\/p>\n

All around it was an amazing day that i would defiantly do again if i could and i am really glad i did everything and got as wet as i did …oh and by the way, Mr. Stavri face planted into a stream (due to a slippery rock) not once but twice,\u00a0 in the space of 20 seconds…it was hilarious!<\/p>\n

By: Josh C & Ben M<\/p>\n\r\n\t\t