Today is an exceptionally hot day with the temperature at about 32C (or 90F). Before I go biking later today, I went to a bridge across the Bow River to take some pictures of the many people out rafting today. While getting set up for my rafter shoot, I chatted with these three young men. They looked like that had been in the water, and I asked if any of them were planning to jump into the river.
Moments later, two of them did jump into the Bow River. In fact, they jumped more than once. I asked if it was safe. They mentioned that at this particular location, the depth of the water is about 10 feet (or 3m). When they jump, they do touch the bottom of the river and then quickly surface again. I also made sure that they were not just jumping so that I could photograph them. I would hate to have someone jeopardize his safety just to be immortalized in a camera shot.
With our short summers, we have to make the most of these hot summer days.
The pictures are hosted on Flickr. If you click on either of the two pictures, you will be taken to my Flickr site where you can see even larger images. You can also see my other pictures while there. Tomorrow, I will release some of the rafting pictures taken today. I hope you enjoy the pictures.
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