Last saturday I went for the canoeing trip. There was only one thing I was absolutely sure of; that I will return back alive (since I know swimming). Everything started of very well, me and sam going to hardees and buying lunch, arrived on parking lot to be picked on time, reaching the place and then.............ALL HELL BROKE LOOSE. We didnot know the difference between the front and back of the canoe. Then, sam sat at the back initially so that he can steer. Well, we went straight for an american family, crashed over their canoe and strangely they toppled. Well, some other indians with us taught us how to go about doing the task of canoeing. Everything went well, we infact managed to take U-turns and stuff. Then there came this first rapid. We were really confident by this time. So I suggested we take a slight right turn and then make a sharp left turn towards the rapid. Everything went fine, by I steered more towards the left, with all the force I could muster, and boooooooooom, we crashed. Things are still fresh in my mind like happening in slow motion. We crashed, for a second we were aflot, then toppled. We had to pour the water out of the canoe, so I suggested we sink the canoe inside water, that way we will able to tilt it easily. The mistake I did was I under-estimated the speed of the current. The current was so strong that with the canoe sam was pushed a complete U-turn, came from my left side to right side. The canoe went litterally over sam (He claims his neck was saved by the prominence of his ponch) and my right leg got stuck between a rock and the canoe. I could hear sam saying, "Arvind you are hurting me". Then, in a suprem effort of heroics never before witnessed in this universe, I pulled my leg out, held the canoe by my right hand and pulled sam with my left hand. Sam was free and all the world gave sigh of relief. Ofcource, some other poeple came and helped us back into the canoe. Rest of the journey we made it without toppling. We became so proficient that we were able to negotiate the rapid in reverse, but we came back alive and are ready to for the next trip.  ¶ 10:07 AM