Luc Percival Photography

The first day of the EDF ADN DREAM RAId in the Morvan involved hiking or riding a quadrix all terrain wheelchair across hilly and technical train to various activities including archery, solving of enigmas and canoeing across the Lac de Chameçon to the finish.

This was the 'big day' - white water rafting! It wasn't going to be a straight forward descent either. On the first run it was discovered that trees had fallen across the river and everyone (five inflatable rafts at a time) would have to get out of the water and portage their boats through thick undergrowth to over come the obstacle. With some participants being wheelchair users teamwork was essential to helping them in and out of the boats as well as negotiating the fallen trees and undergrowth. Whilst not an intentional nor idyllic situation they will be talking about this epic descent for years to come!