Saturday, February 7, 2009

Rio Fuy

The Fuy is one of the classic beautiful chilean rivers. It's source is another beautiful volcano, and a mountain lake. It is big volume waterfall style, especially when we were there, the water was a juicin'. It starts out with some class 4ish rapids with a few pretty large holes, then goes into the waterfall section, with a stout 4 foot ledge, then Leona, the tallest of the waterfalls(about a 20 footer) with a nice 10 directly afterwards. There is then a couple rapids leading into one of the stoutest holes I have looked at, about a 5 foot ledge with lots of water going over it. We had another amazing day on the river the Fuy is one I will not forget. Demshitz killed it.


Demshitz at a beautiful campsite with the volcano in the background. I love this campsite, green fields, a lake to swim in, a campfire, and Escudo. Good times.



The volcano.

EG boofing the very stout hole, the last 5 footer.


Michael Shields all day.

EG boofing the first rapid of the run.

Me on Leona, another beautiful day in chile.


The big one on the rio Fuy, has yet to be dropped.

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Salto Nilahue

After our amazing day at the GOl GOl, we were fired up to run some more stouts. We headed to Nilahue Falls. After possibly too much roncola we woke to the roar of Nilahue calling us. Rodrigo ran first, gutting it down the center. Then Jared, boofing it huge, then Evan also boofing it huge. Then Fusilli, with a crazy line, which ended up in what we like to call Frankenbrine.

Rodrigo Givin 'Er



Fusilli about to be frankenbrined.


Frankenbrine in full effect.


Headed to Rio Fuy, another good day of Huckin in Chile.

Friday, January 30, 2009

Salto Pablito

Well back in november when I was in chile, we took Pablo Casey off of his first ever waterfall in a kayak, needless to say with the inherited skills of his dad(Kurt Casey), Pablo stomped it. here is a sweet video. Pablo was 7 at the time



Check out http://riversofchile.com for Kurt's vast knowledge of chilean whitewater.