Hey Everyone!
Not Suprising at all, we have had an amazing past week athleticly based here on the Maipo River. Everybody arrived safely and a frankly a little wiped out from the long travel day so we headed back to camp and took a quick siesta. After that it was to the river. We did a park and play at a wave just below our base. The wave didn’t seem to be in and instead walked up a tributary scouted and went over safety for a few hours. Once the group was well prepared we ran down the creek shreaking with joy that we were once again on a river together under snow capped mountains.
We are lucky enough to have two main runs and multiple smaller runs at our doorstep. The first is the Lower Maipo. This run is a perfect class 2-3 run through a breathtaking canyon. We have two awesome play waves on this run so we can train on freestyle whenever we want to there. The second is a class 3-4 run on the Upper Maipo. The Upper is a big water run with tons of fun wave trains and boofing rocks. The water is brown year round from the sediment here which is abnormal for a river in Chile but this river serves us perfectly for practicing our river running and safety skills before we continue our trip.
Everyone has been loving the area and pushing them selves on the river. Its been a blast! Hope you guys enjoy the pictures.
Coach Tino
Walking Across the bridge to the river.
Talking about the upcoming rapid
Making breakfast just before workout
Zoe going big on the Maipo River!
