Chile Re-cap

Posted by dfusilli On January 2nd, 2011 / 1 Comment

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Photo by: Anton Immler

So, my trip to Chile was a huge success. I was there for five quick weeks that included kayaking almost every single day. I got on some of my favorite runs, some new ones, and lots of great waterfalls. I would have to say this was one of the best kayaking trips of have had to date. What made it so succesful was a motivated crew, like I said paddling everyday, and running almost everything in our path with very little problems and no injuries. I wanted to write this recap mainly to thank the good people at Immersion Research for making my trip much much more comfortable. Chile in November can be very cold, and very wet, and I will tell you it was. Not the whole trip, but maybe about half of the five weeks I was there. Knowing that this could be the case before I got on the plane to head south I packed only a IR dry suit and two Union suits. After a paddle session I would get out of my dry suit totally dry, take off my Union suit, put it back into the Dry suit and through it into my gear bag. This kept me dry, not even kidding the entire 5 weeks. This was a big factor in us kayaking everyday. Dry gear is not to hard to put on in the cold rain. This made it easy to motivate the entire trip! Before I sign off here if you did not see our video of the middle Palguin yet check it out. http://vimeo.com/17251084 This is proof that the new Immersion Research Kling (new skirt) is a great fit for the Pyranha Burn. I ran several 50 + foot waterfalls with no implosion issues. Also, staying quite dry. If you have a Burn and are in need of a skirt this is the best fit on the market. Hope yinz have a great winter and see you all on the water in March.

Myself on the very strange Garganta de diablo. When I came to this horizon line I looked over, scratched my head in amazement and went down the midde. What a crazy, cool, fun, drop!