[sub]Wheeeeeeee![/sub]
[sub][sup]Wheeeeeeee![/sub][/sup]
Obviously a rafter and not a kayaker.
Yes, kayakers go–
***OHMIGOD OHMIGOD OHMIGOD OHMIGOD OHMIGOD OHMIGOD
OHMIGOD OHMIGOD OHMIGOD OHMIGOD OHMIGOD OHMIGOD
Unless they’re atheist kayakers–
***FUCK FUCK FUCK-ROCK-FUCKFUCKITYFUCKFUCK-FUCK FUCK
FUCK-I-DON’T-WANNA-DIE-TODAY-FUCK-FUCK-FUCK!***
The primary division in kayaker’s calls is between the positive response (when probability of survival is good):
AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
AAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!
and the negative response (when probability of survivial is far from certain):
SHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTT!
SHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTT!
SHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTT!
SHHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIITTT!
although there are also several other calls a kayaker might express at various times, particulary during high water and mating seasons.
A rafter, not being able to distinguish between various situations, uses “Wheeeeeeee!” at all opportunities, be it running an easy rapid, being trashed in a nasty rapid, being offered a beer at the end of the day, or doing whatever rafters do in their tents at night: “Wheeeeeeee!”
Poor things. At least as long as you keep upstream and out of swimming distance from them, they are harmless to anyone other than themselves. It’s an evolutionary thing.