Andy´s EP
Our time in Pucon continues to be amazing! Sunny days and warm temperatures mean the snow continues to melt and the rivers remain full.
Andy runs the 2nd of the Tres Saltos. To check out more photos, click here
Yesterday, the whole crew woke up early to make a push on the upper two drops of the Tres Saltos. The Tres Saltos is a park and huckers´s amusement park, with a 30 footer, a 50 footer and a 60 footer all back to back. The last one was the only drop to have been previously run and, conviently, the only one that the water level prevented us from running. The second drop ends in a gorge, so Garcia and John fixed a line for us to ascend out on and we all headed for the top.
The first drop slopes for about 15 feet before disconnecting and freefalling for about another 10. Garcia won the ro-sham-bo and fired it up first. After we all ran it once, Alex, Kyle and I hiked up to run it again with Trip, who had been filming.
The second drop slopes for about the first half, then disconnects and falls about 15 feet into the pool. Garcia ran it first, followed by John, me, Alex, LJ and Trip. There were a few upside-down landings and a bloody lip, but the mission was absolutely successful. We all harnessed up, ascended out and headed back to town with a sweet day of hucking under our belts!
Today, Trip Alex, me Trip and LJ ran a section of river about 10 km from Tres Saltos called Los Nevados. This run has only been done a very few times, but will absolutely become one of the classic runs in the area. Los Nevados has it all: Cali slides, Crystal Gorge style canyons, WV boofs and classic Chilean surroundings. The run is solid class 5, with must-run vertical drops in tight canyons. We were able to complete the first 2/3 of the run today, but had to bail when we reached a gorged out 40ish footer whaning daylight. In the next few days we plan to put back in with a more daylight and finish it off.
That´s all for now from Chile...
Andy Maser
Andy runs the 2nd of the Tres Saltos. To check out more photos, click here
Yesterday, the whole crew woke up early to make a push on the upper two drops of the Tres Saltos. The Tres Saltos is a park and huckers´s amusement park, with a 30 footer, a 50 footer and a 60 footer all back to back. The last one was the only drop to have been previously run and, conviently, the only one that the water level prevented us from running. The second drop ends in a gorge, so Garcia and John fixed a line for us to ascend out on and we all headed for the top.
The first drop slopes for about 15 feet before disconnecting and freefalling for about another 10. Garcia won the ro-sham-bo and fired it up first. After we all ran it once, Alex, Kyle and I hiked up to run it again with Trip, who had been filming.
The second drop slopes for about the first half, then disconnects and falls about 15 feet into the pool. Garcia ran it first, followed by John, me, Alex, LJ and Trip. There were a few upside-down landings and a bloody lip, but the mission was absolutely successful. We all harnessed up, ascended out and headed back to town with a sweet day of hucking under our belts!
Today, Trip Alex, me Trip and LJ ran a section of river about 10 km from Tres Saltos called Los Nevados. This run has only been done a very few times, but will absolutely become one of the classic runs in the area. Los Nevados has it all: Cali slides, Crystal Gorge style canyons, WV boofs and classic Chilean surroundings. The run is solid class 5, with must-run vertical drops in tight canyons. We were able to complete the first 2/3 of the run today, but had to bail when we reached a gorged out 40ish footer whaning daylight. In the next few days we plan to put back in with a more daylight and finish it off.
That´s all for now from Chile...
Andy Maser
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1 Comments:
Hello Yakers!
I hope all the white water is going well and that you are still finding time to bring the Eugene party scene to those in our hemispherical counterpart. We here are doing our best to keep the dream alive in Eugene and to deal with the lack of enthusiastic brothers to party with.
I hope all is well and I will see you all when you return, hopefully safely and soundly. Anyone up for a rendezvous at Gabe's newly aquired land to set up the nonprofit that will ensure all of us vagabonds have a place to crash in Nevada? Good.
Peace to all you world travelling fiends.
With Love,
Kyle J.
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