Words of wisdom from Todd:
“Mexico Has The Goods!!! This year I was invited on a trip to Mexico with paddlers Rush Sturges, Evan Garcia, Rafa Ortiz, Aniol Serrasolses, and cinematographer Matt Baker for the filming of River Roots’ next film Frontier. On October 12th I gathered what money remained from my summer of work at the Kayak Shed, and headed south. After some hours on the plane and a long night in the Dallas Airport I finally arrived in Mexico City. There I met up with the crew and spent a few days exploring the world biggest city, a city of 27 million. After la tour de la ciudad we headed to Tlapacoyan, Mexico’s epicenter of steep rivers and clean waterfalls. Each one of us had been to Tlapacoyan before, and this year our goal was to paddle as many of the steep creeks and big drops in the area as humanly possible.Though most of us had acquired some sort of injury by the end of the trip, we paddled tons of whitewater and came home with some amazing shots for Frontier.”
Of the many things we all accomplished during this trip a few highlights include:
- Witnessing Rafa and Aniol stick the first and second descents of 128.6ft. Big Banana Falls on the Rio Alseseca
- Being the second group to paddle the Jalacingo River (and first D-ing a gnarly 30 footer halfway through the gorge)
- Watching Rush and Rafa simultaneously run 65ft. Tomata Falls
- Seeing both clean lines and stout carnage on the seldom run Second Tomata Falls
Here are a few photos to get you fired up for the Mexico Segment in Frontier:
For full updates visit: http://toddwellswhitewater.blogspot.com/ and Aniol’s blog: http://aniolkayak.blogspot.com/
