Choshuenco is a beautiful little lakeside town, but can look very grungy, especially on a rainy day. Matt assigned us to walk around and take photos making the town look very gloomy.
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Rainy Choshuenco
Saturday, February 6th, 2010
Rio Petrohue
Tuesday, February 2nd, 2010This was mapped by Matt Smink while I was on break in the states. To get to the Rio Petrohue from Puerto Varas drive east around Lago Llanquihue. After reaching Ensenada, continue east 16 km into the park and the outlet to Lago Todos los Santos. Most of the Petrohue run is roadside. There is one section that is a national park, and is illegal to boat.
Petrohue Shuttle
Ojos Del Caburgua
Sunday, December 13th, 2009Frozen Blueberries
Thursday, December 10th, 2009
Yesterday we all got a surprise of going to the next town over and going to a beautiful hostel for Clay’s birthday. We learned to play croket, and the owner taught us how to make ice cream. While we were making it we couldn’t stop eating the frozen blueberries that went in. When the ice cream was done we all ate it in the hot tub, and acted like we were soup being boiled. It was so fun. Thanks Dave for the surprise!
Achibueno Map
Monday, December 7th, 2009NRA held our Thanksgiving feast at the Achibueno.
After we ate we all stood and told what we were thankful for. I forgot to say how thankful I am that I have the great opertunity to map Chile rivers and share with everyone information on the rivers for a geography project. So, I’m saying it now.
Lower Achibueno
Pucon and Ojos
Saturday, December 5th, 2009Here in Pucon I’ve been kicking back at our base in the quincho, and hanging out. When I’m not hanging around our base, I’m out exploring the town, (which is totally awesome by the way) and public busses, or kayaking. Yesterday I ran a waterfall at Ojos Del Caburgua. We went there once before and I was too afraid to run it. I had to hear everyone’s great stories of their run. All of their stories made me so envious that I had to do it for myself. I was so nervous and scared at the top, but then I finally ran it. When I ran it, I was sooo happy I had to do it again. Pucon has so much white water and is full of adventures. I can’t wait to see what will come next!
My Achibueno Photo Walk
Tuesday, December 1st, 2009
While most everyone else was paddling I decided to take a break from the river and go on a little photo walk. I enjoyed myself walking around exploring and enjoying the beautiful weather and scenery. I took photos of everything I found interesting until the battery died on my camera. Here are some of my favorite.
Achibueno
Thursday, November 26th, 2009In Achibueno we are staying in a very remote hostel. At night there is a vibe of friendship and relaxation as we all sit around the fire. Some play cards, some read, some play guitar, while others sing along. Through photography I tried to capture the essence of these moments, of everyone sitting around a fire being a bunch of hippies.
Siete Tazas Geography Project
Saturday, November 21st, 2009Siete Tazas
Similar to the project I had with mapping the Lower Maipo. I had a project to do on the Siete Tazas, a clean waterfall run. Take a look and enjoy.
Siete Tazas
Friday, November 20th, 2009Fresh air, freezing water, making me feel sick, I know this is a trick. The Siete Tazas waterfalls are intimidating to me, but I know that they are clean. Virtually the only consequences are skirt implosion, and breaking a paddle upon impact.As soon as I paddle off the lip of the fall my mind goes into a blank mode and all I can think is, uhhh I’m falling. Then I land into the white airy water that lies beneath the waterfall, think quickly as to what’s going on, and paddle into a big beautiful pool of the clearest blue water you could lay eyes on with smooth grey rock towering high over both sides.Once I’m back into these big pools my mind fills with thoughts of what Jeff and Tonya, my parents, and my friends back home are going to think, and how proud they’re going to be when they see all of the cool photos and hear the stories.
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