Team Pyranha Blog

Team Pyranha Blog http://www.teampyranha.com The blog from the International Pyranha team of kayakers. All about their kayaking exploits. Sun, 05 Oct 2008 16:01:17 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.1.2 en Spanish Freestyle Champs 08 http://www.teampyranha.com/competition-reports/gerd/spanish-freestyle-champs-08/ http://www.teampyranha.com/competition-reports/gerd/spanish-freestyle-champs-08/#comments Tue, 08 Jul 2008 18:50:39 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/competition-reports/gerd/spanish-freestyle-champs-08/ Last weekend we had the Spanish Freestyle Championship in Ourense, at the same spot the Freestyle European Championship will be celebrated in two weeks. The Spanish Championship was a test for the organizers to see how things are and how they should be.

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]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/competition-reports/gerd/spanish-freestyle-champs-08/feed/ The week. part 2. http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/the-week-part-2/ http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/the-week-part-2/#comments Sat, 28 Jun 2008 20:42:48 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/the-week-part-2/ So after paddling the cauterets waterfall (bousses), we droveover the border and crossed to Spain. We spent the night in Valle del Cinqueta, an amazing deep valley with a great river

]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/the-week-part-2/feed/ The awesome week! (Part 1) http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/the-awesome-week-part-1/ http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/the-awesome-week-part-1/#comments Sat, 21 Jun 2008 19:39:52 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/the-awesome-week-part-1/ Last week I went paddling with some friends. On monday we drove to Saut deth Pish, a nice park and huck in la vall d’aran (spain). We ran the drop lots of times and took some good pictures however we had a grey day.

]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/the-awesome-week-part-1/feed/ Palomeres http://www.teampyranha.com/paddler-lifestyle-articles/gerd/palomeres/ http://www.teampyranha.com/paddler-lifestyle-articles/gerd/palomeres/#comments Sat, 17 May 2008 15:37:50 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/paddler-lifestyle-articles/gerd/palomeres/ Some days ago I went to paddle the Palomeres with some friends. The Palomeres is a little creek that flows from Tavascan, one of the best valleys in the Pyrennes.

]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/paddler-lifestyle-articles/gerd/palomeres/feed/ 1st Extreme Kayak http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/1st-extreme-kayak/ http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/1st-extreme-kayak/#comments Tue, 13 May 2008 21:41:50 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/1st-extreme-kayak/ Last weekend I went to the 1st Extreme Kayak in Catalonia, concretely in the Upper Noguera, near Sort (Pyrennes). The event was really cool, with prelims in saturday and finals in sunday. On sunday we raced by couples and had to do an eddy and touch something like a bell for the cows.

]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/1st-extreme-kayak/feed/ Freestyle france… http://www.teampyranha.com/playboating-articles/gerd/freestyle-france/ http://www.teampyranha.com/playboating-articles/gerd/freestyle-france/#comments Mon, 21 Apr 2008 20:33:37 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/playboating-articles/gerd/freestyle-france/ Last weekend we went to paddle to Millau, France; however the river Tarn was little higher than normally due of some rains, so the slalom course was closed and it was forbbiden to paddle there. We looked for another spot around, but we didn’t found anything good enough. Next day we drove south and found a natural slalom course with a good hole, so we spent the whole day althought it was cold, windy and it rained. I don’t ahve any photo and not so much footage cause of the weather… will be better soon.
Here is a little video from last competition and this weekend, paddling with the REV.
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]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/playboating-articles/gerd/freestyle-france/feed/ Catalan Cup in Millau http://www.teampyranha.com/playboating-articles/gerd/catalan-cup-in-millau/ http://www.teampyranha.com/playboating-articles/gerd/catalan-cup-in-millau/#comments Mon, 07 Apr 2008 22:03:09 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/playboating-articles/gerd/catalan-cup-in-millau/ This weekend we went to the catalan freestyle cup in Millau (France). We paddled and trained on saturday with an incredible clear and blue sky, and we did the competition on sunday.

]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/playboating-articles/gerd/catalan-cup-in-millau/feed/ da Rev http://www.teampyranha.com/playboating-articles/gerd/da-rev/ http://www.teampyranha.com/playboating-articles/gerd/da-rev/#comments Mon, 17 Mar 2008 00:18:53 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/playboating-articles/gerd/da-rev/ Again I’ve been kayaking a little with the small REV. Every time I paddle de REV I feel better!!

Here are some photos from this wekend and last weekend as well.

]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/playboating-articles/gerd/da-rev/feed/ Another REV weekend http://www.teampyranha.com/playboating-articles/gerd/another-rev-weekend/ http://www.teampyranha.com/playboating-articles/gerd/another-rev-weekend/#comments Wed, 12 Mar 2008 21:17:37 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/playboating-articles/gerd/another-rev-weekend/ This weeken I went to paddle in la seu (Catalonia), where there’s an artificial slalom course. Some slalom world cups were celebrated there, and the olympics too in Barcelona 1992.

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]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/playboating-articles/gerd/another-rev-weekend/feed/ REV S video http://www.teampyranha.com/blogroll/gerd/rev-s-video/ http://www.teampyranha.com/blogroll/gerd/rev-s-video/#comments Fri, 07 Mar 2008 22:39:08 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/blogroll/gerd/rev-s-video/ Here is the video from my first session with the small REV last weekend in Millau, France.

video

We are having our first competiton on sunday!! Can’t wait to paddle with theREV again.

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]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/blogroll/gerd/rev-s-video/feed/ REV S weekend http://www.teampyranha.com/playboating-articles/gerd/rev-s-weekend/ http://www.teampyranha.com/playboating-articles/gerd/rev-s-weekend/#comments Mon, 03 Mar 2008 19:22:22 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/playboating-articles/gerd/rev-s-weekend/ I’ve paddling with the small REV this weekend and I would descrive it as an amazing weekend. We went to Millau (France), where there’s an artificial slalom course, and of course, a small but cool hole.

]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/playboating-articles/gerd/rev-s-weekend/feed/ Ulla 2008 http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/ulla-2008/ http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/ulla-2008/#comments Tue, 12 Feb 2008 22:27:10 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/ulla-2008/ After a long studying season I went to paddle a little in Galicia, Spain.

Galicia and Portugal are well known for its famous granite slides and drops, however we didn’t went there cause everything was dry, so we went to paddle the Ulla, a little river on the east. The river was really low however ther wasn’t anything else to do so… let’s get wet!

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]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/ulla-2008/feed/ Sickline Extreme Kayak World Championship 2007, Austria http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/sickline-extreme-kayak-world-championship-2007-austria/ http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/sickline-extreme-kayak-world-championship-2007-austria/#comments Mon, 08 Oct 2007 21:34:27 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/sickline-extreme-kayak-world-championship-2007-austria/ Adidas Sickline Extreme Kayak World Championship 2007, Öetz, Tirol, Austria

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]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/sickline-extreme-kayak-world-championship-2007-austria/feed/ Kanumesse 2007 http://www.teampyranha.com/blogroll/gerd/kanumesse-2007/ http://www.teampyranha.com/blogroll/gerd/kanumesse-2007/#comments Mon, 17 Sep 2007 22:00:43 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/blogroll/gerd/kanumesse-2007/ From the 13th to the 15th of september, the Kanumesse 2007 took palce at the International Exhibition Centre in Nuremberg, Germany. The Kanumesse is an international trade fair for the paddlesports business.

Manufacturers, from Germany and Europe as well as from overseas, were there to show their latest equipment to retailers, distributors and professional buyers.

So of course, Pyranha and all his associated companies were there to show all their new toys and ideas!

]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/blogroll/gerd/kanumesse-2007/feed/ Thun River Jam 07, CH http://www.teampyranha.com/playboating-articles/gerd/thun-river-jam-07-ch/ http://www.teampyranha.com/playboating-articles/gerd/thun-river-jam-07-ch/#comments Mon, 03 Sep 2007 17:29:21 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/playboating-articles/gerd/thun-river-jam-07-ch/ The second edition of the Thun River Jam was celebrated from the 31st of august to the 2nd of september in Thun, Switzerland. The event combined Freestyle Kayak and River Surfing in the centre of Thun. There was also a Big Air and a King of the Wave competition.

]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/playboating-articles/gerd/thun-river-jam-07-ch/feed/ Euro Cup Final http://www.teampyranha.com/competition-reports/gerd/euro-cup-final/ http://www.teampyranha.com/competition-reports/gerd/euro-cup-final/#comments Mon, 30 Jul 2007 17:41:32 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/competition-reports/gerd/euro-cup-final/ Freestyle Euro Cup Final in Galicia, Spain. The last of three events, one in Austria and the other one in Sweden.

]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/competition-reports/gerd/euro-cup-final/feed/ Spanish Freestyle Champs http://www.teampyranha.com/competition-reports/gerd/spanish-freestyle-champs/ http://www.teampyranha.com/competition-reports/gerd/spanish-freestyle-champs/#comments Mon, 16 Jul 2007 18:50:40 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/competition-reports/gerd/spanish-freestyle-champs/ The Spanish Freestyle Championship was celebrated in Sort last weekend (14/15 of july).

The Worlds in 2001 and the European Champs in 2004 were celebrated there as well, however the spot is different every year because it is destroyed every spring with high river levels.

]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/competition-reports/gerd/spanish-freestyle-champs/feed/ The Esera http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/the-esera/ http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/the-esera/#comments Mon, 21 May 2007 22:35:09 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/the-esera/ Today I went to paddle a really nice river in the Pyrenes, the upper Esera, that flows from the highest mountain in the Pyrenes, the Aneto. It was cloudy but there was a pretty good waterlevel.

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]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/the-esera/feed/ Cauterets, the french paradise! http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/cauterets-the-french-paradise/ http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/cauterets-the-french-paradise/#comments Fri, 11 May 2007 19:14:38 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/cauterets-the-french-paradise/ Couple of days ago I went to Cauterets, a great valley in the French Pyrenes.The waterlevel wasn’t so high, but enough to run everything and a couple of portages. The Cauterets river is one of the classics in the Pyrenes, with a really cool slide, lots of sections with nice rapids, a good drop… There’s a little of everything, and the landscape is amazing.

Running the typical slide in Pont d’Espagne.

]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/cauterets-the-french-paradise/feed/ Le Carol, frenchy style! http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/le-carol-frenchy-style/ http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/le-carol-frenchy-style/#comments Sat, 05 May 2007 20:36:40 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/le-carol-frenchy-style/ Today we went to paddle the Carol, a little river in the French border with Spain. The waterlevel wasn’t so high, because it was snowing a couple of days ago,. but enough to run the drops and have some fun.

]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/le-carol-frenchy-style/feed/ Burning the local creek!! http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/burning-the-local-creek/ http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/burning-the-local-creek/#comments Tue, 24 Apr 2007 19:36:54 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/burning-the-local-creek/ After a hard day of working rafting in the Noguera Pallaresa, we went to burn the local creek again. It was late in the afternoon and there wasn’t so much light, but we took some shots.

]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/burning-the-local-creek/feed/ Roc Roi Big Air 2007! http://www.teampyranha.com/competition-reports/gerd/roc-roi-big-air-2007/ http://www.teampyranha.com/competition-reports/gerd/roc-roi-big-air-2007/#comments Sun, 22 Apr 2007 21:57:53 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/competition-reports/gerd/roc-roi-big-air-2007/

]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/competition-reports/gerd/roc-roi-big-air-2007/feed/ Palomeres creek! http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/palomeres-creek/ http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/palomeres-creek/#comments Tue, 17 Apr 2007 18:49:18 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/palomeres-creek/ The Palomeers creek is one of my favourites runs. In high flows you can’t stop, so you run 500 metres of continuous drops and slides. It’s so cool!!

Getting the new BURNS ready!!!

]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/palomeres-creek/feed/ Upper Noguera. http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/upper-noguera/ http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/upper-noguera/#comments Mon, 16 Apr 2007 21:25:24 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/upper-noguera/ After an unusual spring with some snow, the sun is shining again, the snow is melting and the rivers are getting cool!!

Yeahh there is still some snow!

]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/upper-noguera/feed/ Romadriu Park & Huck http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/romadriu-parkhuck/ http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/romadriu-parkhuck/#comments Wed, 04 Apr 2007 17:14:29 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/romadriu-parkhuck/ Yeah, today I went to run a nice park & huck really near to home. This river is usaully dry, but after some good rain in the Pyrenes we could run this short creek. A couple of rapids and a cool tiny drop.

Right now I’m paddling the AMMO, the perfect boat for this little creeks we have here in the Pyrenes.

View of the river, lots of rocks!!!!

]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/romadriu-parkhuck/feed/ Cantabria Style!! http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/cantabria-style/ http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/cantabria-style/#comments Sat, 31 Mar 2007 16:14:39 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/cantabria-style/ It’s raining and snowing so hard here in Spain during all this week, so I went paddling to Cantabria, in the north of Spain. I paddled two rivers, the Calera and the Gandara, which has really cool slides.

]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/cantabria-style/feed/ The last day in Chile, Nilahue. http://www.teampyranha.com/paddler-lifestyle-articles/gerd/the-last-day-in-chile-nilahue/ http://www.teampyranha.com/paddler-lifestyle-articles/gerd/the-last-day-in-chile-nilahue/#comments Wed, 21 Mar 2007 17:15:18 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/paddler-lifestyle-articles/gerd/the-last-day-in-chile-nilahue/ This is a post from my last day in Chile. Just before taking my plane in the night I went to the Nilahue river with some friends, a good river near Pucon. The Nilahue river is a little flat, but there’s a really nice drop. Last year the drop changed a lot, from a double drop to a nice slide.

Photo from the double drop at low water.
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]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/paddler-lifestyle-articles/gerd/the-last-day-in-chile-nilahue/feed/ The winter… http://www.teampyranha.com/playboating-articles/gerd/the-winter/ http://www.teampyranha.com/playboating-articles/gerd/the-winter/#comments Tue, 20 Mar 2007 18:49:54 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/playboating-articles/gerd/the-winter/ The winter is gone and I’m back home in Sort in the middle of the Pyrennes, where luckily it’s snowing so hard, so I hope the rivers wil be pretty good in a few days.

Here some pics from this winter in the south hemipshere.

]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/playboating-articles/gerd/the-winter/feed/ Last days… http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/last-days/ http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/last-days/#comments Sat, 03 Mar 2007 15:32:08 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/last-days/ We went to scout a big waterfall, big there wasn’t enough water, so the entry was so hard with two hard possible lines. After a long scouting of the waterfall from all places we decided to don’t run it, so we left and drove to a next river with a really nice little drop.

Nice sunset…

]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/last-days/feed/ Middle Palguin http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/middle-palguin/ http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/middle-palguin/#comments Fri, 02 Mar 2007 16:55:15 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/middle-palguin/ This morning we have gone to have some fun running this watefall in the Palguin river. The palguin river is a really nice run near to Pucon, Chile, where I’ve been paddling all this winter with my BURN.

Now it’s time to get ready to come back to the north hemisphere for another good season of paddling.

]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/middle-palguin/feed/ Upper Palguin!! http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/upper-palguin/ http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/upper-palguin/#comments Mon, 26 Feb 2007 16:56:24 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/upper-palguin/ The Palguin river is a classic here in Pucón, it has a good waterlevel all the summer, so it’s a good option to paddle some nice drops on the afternoon. There’s a big portage too, that can be ran. The line of the portage is really hard, so you run it fliped allways…

The river is really nice with beautiful landscape and really near to home.

]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/upper-palguin/feed/ Futaleufú!!! http://www.teampyranha.com/paddler-lifestyle-articles/gerd/futaleufu/ http://www.teampyranha.com/paddler-lifestyle-articles/gerd/futaleufu/#comments Sun, 04 Feb 2007 23:58:09 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/paddler-lifestyle-articles/gerd/futaleufu/ I’m in Futaleufú, one of the best rivers in Chile and in the world. Right now the waterlevel is low, but it’s better for freestyle. The Futa is in the south of Chile, in a really wild region, but amazing.

Really nice days in Futa, a lot of good paddling, good friends…

]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/paddler-lifestyle-articles/gerd/futaleufu/feed/ Río Plata!! http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/rio-plata/ http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/rio-plata/#comments Thu, 01 Feb 2007 17:11:46 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/rio-plata/ The Plata is a really nice river that comes from a really step valley near Pucón that ends on the Villarrica lake. The Plata has a really deep canyon with plenty of vegetation and some granite drops. The Plata has only been paddled by two other groups before us. The hiking to the put-in is long, but the worst is to get down to the river again in the middle of the jungle with no trail… The river hasn’t got too much water, but enough to be ran.

Walking up to the put-in with nice landscape.

]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/rio-plata/feed/ Llancahue http://www.teampyranha.com/paddler-lifestyle-articles/gerd/776/ http://www.teampyranha.com/paddler-lifestyle-articles/gerd/776/#comments Mon, 22 Jan 2007 16:27:39 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/paddler-lifestyle-articles/gerd/776/ The Llancahue borns on the south face of the Villarrica volcano. We went to have a look to a new section of the Llancahue, but right now there’s too much water. The Llancahue is a really wet river, with deep canyons with plenty of vegetation and volcanic rock from the eruptions of the Villarrica volcano. It’s really hard to scout, so it’s hard to put-in and take-out of the river. We spent a day scouting a small part of the river and looking for a take-out, but the canyon is too deep, so you have to run the whole section.

South face of the Villarrica volcano in the evening.

]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/paddler-lifestyle-articles/gerd/776/feed/ Mariman 2!! http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/mariman-2/ http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/mariman-2/#comments Fri, 19 Jan 2007 15:30:55 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/mariman-2/ The Saltos del Mariman is a really big rapid on the Upper Trancura. It’s aportage also. It has two lines the main channel on the right and a waterfall on the left. I’ve already run the left line in high water, but I was waiting for lower water to run the big line.

The entry is like 2 metres drop, then a huge hole from wall to wall, and then a nice drop with some hard retention on the landing.

Scouting the main channel. On the lip.

]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/mariman-2/feed/ Río Fuy!! http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/rio-fuy/ http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/rio-fuy/#comments Wed, 17 Jan 2007 01:13:42 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/rio-fuy/ The Fuy is a really nice river close to Pucon. We paddled the upper section, a class III-IV river with some nice rapids and really beautyful landscape. I paddled it in the 4TWENTY because it’s an easy river with lots of good waves to play.

Nice valley. Chosuenco volcano.

]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/creeking-articles/gerd/rio-fuy/feed/ Padling the río Manso http://www.teampyranha.com/paddler-lifestyle-articles/gerd/702/ http://www.teampyranha.com/paddler-lifestyle-articles/gerd/702/#comments Sat, 13 Jan 2007 17:44:33 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/paddler-lifestyle-articles/gerd/702/ After paddling the Gol Gol we crossed the border to Argentina. We drove to Bariloche, a big touristic city in the south of Argentina near Patagonia. Once there we went to the Nahuel Huapi National Park to paddel the río Manso.

Cerros near Bariloche.
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]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/paddler-lifestyle-articles/gerd/702/feed/ Paddling south!! http://www.teampyranha.com/paddler-lifestyle-articles/gerd/paddling-south/ http://www.teampyranha.com/paddler-lifestyle-articles/gerd/paddling-south/#comments Fri, 12 Jan 2007 20:59:51 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/paddler-lifestyle-articles/gerd/paddling-south/ I’ve been paddling in the south of Chile and Argentina. I’ve paddled the Gol Gol, a really nice river with lots of waterfalls. The Gol gol borns in the Chilean border with Argentina. The section is just 6 km, but with lots of nice rapids, most of them drops, from thtree to 15 metres. We were lucky to paddel the Gol gol with a pretty good waterlevel.

Here some photos of the river.

]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/paddler-lifestyle-articles/gerd/paddling-south/feed/ Canyon of the Claro!! http://www.teampyranha.com/paddler-lifestyle-articles/gerd/canyon-of-the-claro/ http://www.teampyranha.com/paddler-lifestyle-articles/gerd/canyon-of-the-claro/#comments Tue, 09 Jan 2007 17:34:29 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/paddler-lifestyle-articles/gerd/canyon-of-the-claro/ I’ve just came back from a trip to the north, the Rio Claro again. We went there to run the first descent of the canyon of te rio Claro, a really nice section between the 22 and the 7 cups. It’s a 6 km section with a first nice canyon and a second really deep canyon. This is not a really hard canyon but it’s really deep, so you can’t see what’s inside and once you are in there’s no way to get out, so I think it’s why it has never been paddled before. We spent a whole day for the scouting, climbing, walking… It was really hard. On the evening we have scout mostly all the canyon, and we decided to run it the next morning. We woke up early and get to the water. The rapids of the first canyon were really cool, then we arrived to the big canyon. We ran this amazing slide, and then continue with the following rapids, that were nice too. So a really cool first descent of the canyon of the rio Claro, Chile.

Some cool photos of the canyon.

]]> http://www.teampyranha.com/paddler-lifestyle-articles/gerd/canyon-of-the-claro/feed/ Turbio http://www.teampyranha.com/paddler-lifestyle-articles/gerd/turbio/ http://www.teampyranha.com/paddler-lifestyle-articles/gerd/turbio/#comments Mon, 25 Dec 2006 18:02:30 +0000 Gerd http://www.teampyranha.com/paddler-lifestyle-articles/gerd/turbio/ We paddled the Turbio, one of the best rivers here in Pucon. The Turbio can only be paddled after good rains, and when we came back from our trip on the north the Turbio was on a perfect high waterlevel after a week of hard rains.

We run three drops that haven’t been runned before, here a picture flying in the third one. After the drop there was a really nice rapid with some slides and drops and a really big slide on the end of the rapid. After this rapid there are lots of rapids with nice drops, some other slides and waterfalls.

The Turbio is one of the best rivers I’ve ever padddled!! It’s amazing!!

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