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Another Chile update

12/18/2011

 
Having returned from our trip to the North to find the rivers near Pucon empty, we decided to head south for a short week. Our first stop was the Rio Llancahue, very reminiscent of a Welsh ditch with plenty of wood in the first few drops, but it soon improved with a clean 6m drop and a series of small rapids.
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Nigel boofs the main event on the Rio Llancahue.
Apparently the Fuy is at quite a high level at the moment, which provided us with a fun run of bouncy rapids, and drops with a couple of juicy holes at the bottom. Unfortunately for Joe he found out exactly how juicy a couple of the holes were, swimming through the biggest section of the river.
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Karen on the biggest fall on the Upper Fuy.
Saturday saw the Palguin boaterX organised by Ben of KayakChile.net take place. A series of heats with 3 paddlers going head to head on the upper Palguin, followed by the semi finals and final. With low flows, the course had to be altered slightly leading to increased carnage.
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The paddlers gather for the Palguin boaterX race briefing.
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A close heat in the boaterX.
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Anton boofs the third drop of the upper Palguin.

Twirlybird

12/10/2011

 
Everyone knows about the famous drop on the Rio Claro, and now that we're back in Pucon after a road trip north here's a quick photo from our run. More photos to follow eventually, but for now there are more important things - showers, dinner and beer - to worry about.
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