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borderXing between France (Strasbourg) and Germany (Kehl).

Tuesday 5th March 2002.

Equipment taken:
Journey
After reviewing the previous days activities, deciding on were to cross
and also obtaining some life jackets we headed for the Rhine.

It was still unclear who would cross, but after some discusion and
signing of legal waivers, the team was finalised as davide balula and
myself.

So we set off:

Avoiding anything large.

Eventually arriving in germany, on an island instead of the mainland.

After some rest went progressed to what we thought was the mainland
and made camp.

After some more rest we realised we were on another island and finally
crossed to the mainland to be picked up.

Conclusion
Crossing the Rhine on a self built raft made of found urban materials is
not too difficult.

Night crossing would be more of a risk in terms of collisions with
large objects.

Taking a map of the waterways would help considerably.