The Veintedos Saltos is a run that should not be taken lightly, and neither is the shuttle. Start driving towards the hosterias at the Pargue Ingles just before you reach them there will be a gate. Go through this gate and find another gate that will be lifted. Lift the gate and continue up the road, until you get to a section where there looks like a dry stream comes into the road. This is where the walk starts. Follow the dry stream and cross a stream that will have water in it. After this you will come to a sign saying Parque Ingles and something else. About 100 feet after this sign there will be a faint trail. Follow this trail to another dry stream bed and follow the dry bed to the river. At the river turn left and lower boats to the section below, go upstream and find a seal launch above a seven foot drop. Put-in and now the fun begins! The seven footer is very clean and easy and can be run any way you please. Then there will be a large 25 footer, that is run center with a plug. Next up is a 6 foot slide to 10 foot drop that runs up the left wall. Ride the left wall and boof late to clean the drop. Next comes another slide drop combo about 20 feet tall. Run it left and boof into the left eddy. When you reach a spot where it looks like a double drop where it is hard to judge the height this is the 30 footer. Run the first drop into the boily eddy and then run te 30 footer on the left, charge left to avoid a rock that may impact the bottom of your boat. A boof is inadvisable unless desiring a lower back injury. Take a rest in the pool below. Now comes the “Canyon” a tight S-bend with water flying every which way and a strong hydraulic in the middle. Boof the hole and keep your paddle close in. the rest of the run gets easy from here. There is another drop nearing the end with pillow half way down. It is a bit of a double drop. Ride high on the pillow and boof to clean the drop. On the next drop stay about 2 feet off of the left wall to avoid a hole and then after another small drop float on to the Parque Ingles bridge for the take-out.

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