One of the best rivers in the south of Germany. The little mountains calls "Schwazrwald" near the Swiss borderline a river calls Alb flows into the main River Rhein...If you ever have the chance get yourself on this amazing river...
Just for experts and strong paddlers. In this Video you see a low water run. It is pretty pushy and gets tricky to get good eddies at high water. There are a couple of classic rapids (scout and run). You can portage all rapids usually. Depend on the water level the portages can get tricky....
WATCH OUT THERE ARE MANY DANGEROUS SPOTS LIKE SIPHONS, UNDERCUTS AND STRAINERS. In my opinion there is a HIGH RISK of the follow possible fatal Situation:
swim into Rock or Sieve
pin in a boat and without a boat against a strainer
foot entrapment
AT LEAST TWO PADDLERS DIED AT THIS PART OF THE LOWER ALB ALREADY. One of them got pinned against a strainer. One got pushed in a undercut/siphon/strainer.
More about accidents in general:
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