Martin styling the “Guidebook Cover Rapid” on the Upper Jondachi. The big boulders and jungle-covered canyon walls are amazing here. Ok, so, yes, I’m majorly slacking in the blog department. Slowly but surely I will catch up! Here’s the blog from February 4th’s Mucha Agua trip. It was a small trip with just Willie of […]
David working on his boof stroke timing. He waits patiently, hanging on his stroke until the lip of the drop and then–boom!–fires one off to clear the hole! Ecuador, it turns out, is the perfect training ground for up and coming creek boaters. Chris on the Cosanga River taking a late boof stroke since this […]
Don loving life on the Piatua A big thanks to George and Leslie for putting together this group from Colorado (and Michelle from California) to celebrate the long kayaking careers that many of them have had, and to enhance and build upon the short kayaking careers that some of their newest members have had. Michelle […]
Big Pilot Tom keeping it straight and with downstream momentum at Gringos Revueltos For our 2nd Torrents trip (Class IV)—named after the bad ass Torrent ducks http://www.oiseaux-birds.com/card-torrent-duck.html that swim through whitewater better than they fly—we had an eclectic group that included: Polaka, Senor Liam, Smiley Megi, German T-Bone, Big Pilot Tom, and Stomper Dave. Polaka […]
Tarquino leading the charge into Menage-a-Rodeo on the Lower Cosanga. Happily, no one stopped to surf today Last week we had two full crews of Torrents paddlers (Class IV). One of the groups we dubbed the “West Virginia-ish Crew.” It was a group of 7 friends mostly from Morgantown, WV but with 2 rouge paddlers […]
