Kyle Bisset

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Profile: Hey am Kyle Bisset, I am 18 years old and from Aberdeen, Scotland. I am currently taking part in the gap year program in Chile. I paddle slalom for aberdeen kayak club at a division 1 level.

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La Posada (choshuenco]

Saturday, February 6th, 2010

I haven’t been able to kayak due to a small accident, but I have still had fun and learnt a lot by hanging out with the locals. They have been very kind and helpful and have allowed me to help out in the kitchen, chopping potatoes, washing dishes and learning Spanish. I have been using all the Spanish I know with a lot of hand signals to fill in the gaps. I have also been taught some new words, for example, “cortar” is to cut. I really enjoyed working in the kitchen as a cultural experience, but I can’t wait to get back in a boat today!

A photo of the kitchen and the lady in charge, Soledad.

A photo of Melany, Andrea and me.

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Kayaking so far!!!

Thursday, January 21st, 2010

So far i have paddle two rivers, the Rio Miapo and the Rio Claro (clear river) and some in the sea. The Rio Miapo was a high volume river (similar to the Tay) that is a grade 3/4. It was a good river for playboating and also just for a nice river trip. I did two sections of the Rio Claro the The Entre Saltos and The Siete Tazas. The Entre Saltos was a grade 4 section with some small but technical drops with a 15ft waterfall at the end. The Siete Tazas (The Seven Teacups) was my favourite as it was a series of seven big, but very clean waterfalls into big pools. The last two waterfalls are the biggest with a height of about 20ft. The Siete Tazas was a great place to practice boofing and tucking off of waterfalls.

I am currently in Pichilemu which is a beach town with some pretty ace waves to surf. I am enjoying learning how to surf these waves and hope to learn a basic trick or two.

I will be adding a video blog with footage of these amazing places soon so keep an eye out for it!!!

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My first Chile experience

Sunday, January 10th, 2010

Well i made it to Chile in one piece and met david and katie for the first time at the baggage claim area. Soon after i saw the familiar face of Matt Smink and he introduced us to our super cool spanish teacher Lorenzo. We all then hopped into the truck and drove off only to run into our first problem of the trip as the radiator pipe burst. After we used the magical powers of duck tape to repair this we headed of to our home for the next four days at San Alfonso. Our home is right next to the river maipo which has two sections the upper and lower. The upper is grade 4/5 and the lower is grade three. There is also an adventure resort called Cascada de las Animas (Waterfalls of the Spirits) where there is a bar, restaurant and campsite where we will be spending tomorrow night.