France. Hautes-Alpes (05) L'Argentiere la Bessee, Radeliers of the Durance. Long before the joys of rafting, the mountain dwellers conveyed the cuts o

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France. Hautes-Alpes (05) L'Argentiere la Bessee, Radeliers of the Durance. Long before the joys of rafting, the mountain dwellers conveyed the cuts of wood by floating thanks to the river La Durance. A high-risk tradition revived by their successors every year in June, on the occasion of the Durance festivals.

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