Pucon-Chile

Gigo lining her down

holding her

yap...KAVU

Sergio Vidal hucking one of the sweetest drop in Chile

Gigo same spot same feeling same happiness

better feeling

going down in the middle

nice shot from the first rapid on the upper palguin

I ended up going to Pucon in the middle of September, wich is pretty early for kayaking but we
managed to run some of the classics like: Maichin, Todo Puesco, Nevados, Palguin, alto,medio,bajo,Trancura.
The Rio Nevados
From 2004 when the boys from LVM ran it for the first time, this river became one of the classics in my home town (Pucon). These are the pics from my short visit to Chile this year in September-October, the water levels were not the best ones but I had an epic time paddling with the boys, it was very cool to see that the kayak sport in Chile is getting bigger, more kayakers from Chile, more boats, more fun.
The other epic run was The rio Puesco
This run starts at the border with Argentina with a stunning put in, in the first 2 kilometers the river gets very steep with very sweet class V boulder rapids, running the Puesco is like listening to your best tunes, that day we ran the entire seccion, awesome day awesome river
The rio Palguin
I remember running this river with a ducky several times, well, that was before my kayak time. This day I was in my kayak, and yes, we did run the middle too wich involves a 23m waterfall, probably the sweetest drop around, after a week we were there again dropping down.
The lower part is an easy read and run class IV with some portages at the end.
Take a look at the pics and if you have not visited Chile yet, I tell you, you're not gonna disappointed if you do so...Go to Pucon and fire it up, the water levels now are great...
If you're new in town go to www.kayakchile.net and you're gonna find some locals to paddle with....have a nice day.
vaya con rios

Thanks to
www.tywarp.com
www.kayakpro.cl
www.buenalinea.cl
www.universalkayak.com