Not long now and the boys from Wales are off. The river is still secret but below are a few words explaining our plans.
‘Big adventures await a mixed North Wales/Peruvian team. Late in May, three instructors from Plas y Brenin, the National Mountain centre based in Capel Curig, North Wales are heading out to join Paul Cripps of www.Amazonas Explorer.com and two Peruvian kayak guides (Leo and Alan).
Initially they plan to do a warm-up run on the Rio Cotahuasi, itself one of the contenders for the ‘deepest gorge in the world’ given class 5 the river is bound the keep the boys amused.
They then disappear into the Jungle to attempt the first descent of a river in the location of Machu Picchu. Unfortunately were afraid we can’t reveal the name yet, but its about a 5 day trek in to the jungle.
Pete Caterall, Adam Harmer and Jon ‘Spike’ Green, all from Plas y Brenin are expecting a journey of about 6 days on the river. They know where they’ll start and they know where they’ll finish, but apart from that they know absolutely nothing about the difficulty of the river – and that is the adventure of it!
Photos taken from the put in show a fair sized river heading off in an ‘exciting’ fashion, down a steep, inaccessible jungle lined gorge. They know the overall gradient, but not where the gradient is! If it spread out along the whole river all will be ok. But, if it is all concentrated into a short section, all will be less than ok!
They will be taking all of their supplies for the trip in their kayaks, along with two amazing Predator video cameras to record their discoveries.
The team have already appeared on ITV local, talking of their plans http://www.itvlocal.com/wales/news/?player=WAL_News_15&void=281628 And will be back on the news after the trip to share their adventures. A series of articles and lectures are planned to follow.’
Visit the Blog site to see what’s going on
www.belowandbeyondmachupicchu09.wordpress.com
See you on the water soon
Adam