可遇不可求

this would be one in a lifetime experience. i didnt get to raft but i exchanged it with another experience that i think that made my life and my immersion in China much more valuable. rafting, perhaps another time.

i guess oral dictation would be better to relate what exactly happened. but definitely, after this ordeal, you'll treasure whoever and whatever that you have in my 19 yrs (applies to me) of your life. not that i was afraid to die but it would be a pity to die so early before trying out other things.

but damn my body which fails on me whenever there is something important to do.