http://images.google.com/images?q=sawanabori
connects quite a full range of stream climbing experiences
from flat waters thru vertical falls
all under the single rubric of sawanobori

i wonder what the word means in japanese
& about its origin & history

--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, "acroorca2002"
<orc@o...> wrote:

> have been seeking this confirmation for at least 10 years
> yesss
> http://www.geocities.co.jp/Outdoors/3063/mitani.htm
> http://www.sam.hi-ho.ne.jp/hi-nishi/sawanobori.html
> thanx to alternative spelling
>
> so it looks to be mainly or all about climbing cataracts
>
> yet sometimes apparently includes fishing
> http://www2g.biglobe.ne.jp/~lilimaru/eng/e_nikki.htm
> yikes
>
>
> i believe schultheis however spelled it sawanabori &

suggested

> reaching the source was essential to the sport or ritual
> performance or whatever it is
>
> so perhaps there are several things going on here
>
>
> todays thames sourcing adventure has gotten pushed back to
> late afternoon at the earliest but is still looking real