Posted by jbdeveza on May 23, 2008
For two years now I have been urging the guys behind Kagay to open the section above Ugiaban Bridge to those willing to kiss class 4 to class 5 rapids. Kagay, the pioneer of Cagayan de Oro’s whitewater rafting outfitters, made several exploratory runs upriver two years ago. I was with them in one of those early runs and I have been wanting to go back since.
There is talk now of building a dam just before Ugiaban Bridge. Several groups, notably the City Council of Cagayan de Oro as well as the Oro Chamber (of Commerce in Industry), have opposed the proposal. But with the prices of coal and crude oil projected to skyrocket worldwide in the next five years coupled with rising demand for power, who knows how long opposition to the dam can hold out.
That said, there really is not much choice but to go upriver. Which really is not so bad. Not so bad at all.
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