The prime reason being that the adventure sports have an important place in the Services. But since it is considered as an adventure sport, river rafting mainly attracts the tourists and the fun loving tourists and students who camp around the hills of Garhwal for rafting, kayaking and canoeing. Apart from Ganga, other rivers like Sharda, Baes and Yamuna have been identified on professional basis for rafting. The IRRA regularly conducts training programmes for students and sport lovers. The popularity is slowly catching up and it can be seen from the fact that out of the 20 participating teams in the Four Square Challenge about hal a dozen were amateur sides comprising of college students.
White water refers to the turbulence-triggereed foam.
The rocks lying beneath the water surface obstructs the river currents and as a result the water rises sharply above to pass over the obstacle before falling down abruptly making big waves, which is known as rapid. White water sport may be a photographer's delight and an interesting show for the onlookers but the real action is not all that simple. The strong current, rapids and the rocks actually make things difficult. But with the sport catching up, the youngsters today are ready to brave all the odds.