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11
Nov

Off to Bhutan – Drangme Chu Expedition! Back soon, we hope!

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In about 7 hours I am off to Bhutan!

I will meet up with Mike Abbott in Bangkok and then head up to Bhutan to catch up with the team.  We are off to Eastern Bhutan, a long bumpy ride away to the Drangme Chu.

We completed the 1st D of the Same river, where it starts up in India 2 years ago so it is nice to approach from this side and complete the story.  In Arunachal it it called the Tawang Chu, that story took us 5 days and a bit of a hike out just before the Bhutan border.

This time, just in case we have to carry anything on any portages we thought we would take some customers!  That’s right, its a rafting Expedition.  We have 2 paddle rafts with willing clients.  They are in for hell of a ride, as the river looks pretty full on until further down near India, so we will see what happens!

I will post a report when we get back and I am sure this will be a grand tale to tell!

You can see more about this trip HERE

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10
Nov

Tyne Tour 09

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The first weekend in November heralds the Tyne Tour in Hexham, North East England.

The event is a big gathering of folks to descend the North Tyne and other local rivers depending on rainfall. On Saturday evening, there is a big Ceilidh, this is similar to what I imagine line dancing to be but heaps better and without the hats.

StandWe took the Pyranha demo fleet up including a couple of new 2010 Burns. These got a lot of interest and a brilliant reception; keep your eyes peeled for this one!
The rest of the fleet, the Karnali’s, Z:1’s & Ammo’s are still as popular as ever with people queuing at 7.30 am to get their hands on one!

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Here is Glenn Tomlinson playing on the North Tyne weir, all similes in the new Burn! Cheers for the photo Glenn!

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Dancing the night away! Many thanks to Paul Wilkinson for this photo. For more brilliant photos from Paul click here!

The next event is the Gene17 Adventure Paddler’s weekend in December, the demo fleet will be out again and members of Team Pyranha GB will be there to badger about outfitting, boat design, technique or inspiration for your 2010 trip plans.

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08
Nov

New in 2010 NZ play wave

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Just a quick message to everyone who plans on making a trip to NZ in the future. Plans are in process for river enhancements on the humble Hawea river nr Wanaka. Work should start this summer. This will add the perfect link from Fiordland to the west coast.

Great news. All the consents have been approved and things are looking good for later this summer. Scott Shipley is in control of the design and building. 3 enhancements in total are planned with the first to be build next year and the rest, the following  year. It will be designed to work at all flows, 10 to 200 cumecs. This will give all year round boating!

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06
Nov

Dave Fairweather Caption Competition

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Answers on a postcard to Sammy at Pyranha. Best one wins a packet of hobnobs, kindly donated by tomparkercoaching.co.uk

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02
Nov

Fall boating in PA

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Raymondskill Falls

 

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So while the rest of demshitz is either in south america running stouts or north carolina training for the green race I am stuck in Pennsylvania. To my luck it rained enough to bring up some steep creeks that i have been running since i started creek boating. 

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Davids Falls

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sequence of me running flirting with disaster. Its a drop that falls completely on rocks. my friend eli landhis ran this first a couple of years ago. since then it has become a drop that is regularly run.

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01
Nov

Some of the best video of Norway summer of 2009

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Summer of Fun 2009 This is a great movie from Benji Hjort, summing up the summer of fun in Voss, Norway, 2009.  There are other amazing videos in the gallery to check out! But this one have several Team P featured, even me!

Nice job Benji!

Check out the video here

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29
Oct

July in Colorado Part 3

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After spending two days in the headwaters of the Crystal River we made our way back to a local cafe in Carbondale to contemplate our next move.  While enjoying some breakfast burritos and wireless internet access we called Charlie Mix who was living in Durango for the summer.  Charlie explained that water levels were dropping fast and that if we wanted to catch Vallecito, we should come quickly.  Vallecito had been high our hit list in 2008 and was again for 2009 too, but so far we had yet to catch it on either trip.  Vallecito has been described by many as “the best mile of creeking in Colorado”.  With that in mind, we loaded up and hit the road arriving with enough daylight to meet Cruise Quenelle for a run.
Joey Jarrell on Vallecito.
Joey Jarrell on Vallecito.

In my opinion Vallecito is one of those rare rivers that lives up to the hype that surrounds it.  It is truly beautiful creek in a tight gorge with smooth boulders and a seemingly endless number of fun rapids and boofs.  We followed Cruise’s lead, rarely slowing down enough to document the run, but emerged from the depths of the gorge with ear to ear smiles that nothing could dampen.   We spent that evening at Cruise’s house catching up with the rest of the Alabama boys who were living there for the summer.  Late into the night we watched each other’s video footage, sharing all the stories from a summer of running rivers. 

Although it was very tempting to stay another day for more laps on Vallecito, the next morning we decided to turn our attention to a different run on our list, the Big South.  We left Durango mid morning and made it back to Aspen in time for another run on Castle Creek and the Roaring Fork before finding a beautiful crash and dash spot to sleep for the night.  The following day we drove towards Denver and spend that afternoon and the following morning running the Upper and Blackrock sections of Clear Creek before continuing our drive north to the Big South.

The evening we arrived at the Big South take-out, the last group was still hanging around after their run and invited us camp with them that evening for the first of two nights we would spend camping in mosquito hell.  The following morning as we drove to the put-in we found another crew of southeasterners camping along the road.  We pulled over to greet these friends and ended up catching a ride with them to set shuttle.  The put-in for Big South is actually on Weird Creek.  We had been told that Weird Creek is actually fun at high water, but what we found was a bang fest that continued to abuse our already heavily used boats.  Luckily the flow doubled at the confluence and soon the fun rapids and drops began.

Adam Goshorn on Fantasy Flight on Big South. Photo by Joey Jarrell.

Adam Goshorn on the Big South.  Photo by Joey Jarrell.

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29
Oct

Demshitz on the Rio Claro first stout of the season!

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Hola! Demshitz is here in Pucon Chile! We Kicked off our Chilean paddling season this year with a fun run ( kinda scary too ) on the Rio Claro just two hours south of Santiago Chile. Here is the video. We arrived at the river with a perfect high water level and were a little nervous. After we dropped in on the Salto Caracol we were fired up. picture above me running Salto Caracol. check out http://www.demshitz.com for a full trip report.

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22
Oct

NY Weekend with NEW Small Fusion

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Last weekend was the annual Moose River Festival in Old Forge, NY.  Characterized by big drops interspersed with large sections of flatwater, it was the perfect location to try out the Small Fusion.  The boat proved to be so much fun that throughout the weekend it swapped hands numerous times.

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22
Oct

July in Colorado Part 2

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Adam Goshorn, North Fork of the Crystal, by Matt Wallace

Adam Goshorn, North Fork of the Crystal, by Matt Wallace
After a long day on Cheesman Canyon we had collapsed into our sleeping bags at the Corral Creek Trailhead.  The next morning, day three of our trip, we packed our gear back into the truck and headed to our next stop a short drive away.  Eleven Mile Canyon of the South Platte is mostly a class III run, but just below the normal take-out is long, continuous, class V rapid.  After about twenty minutes of scouting and discussing lines I was feeling hesitant and Jordan was feeling fired up and ready to go.  He geared up and the rest of us assumed positions at different points of the rapid with ropes and cameras at the ready.  Jordan charged the entrance and cleared the first tier of the rapid and then a bounce sent him upside down into the next tier.  He rolled up only to be knocked over again and repeated the process a couple more times, but stuck it out and emerged from the bottom of the rapid upright and unhurt.

Despite the results of Jordan’s run, Matt had his own line sorted out in his head and was ready to go.  Again we set up with ropes and cameras and watched as Matt began his descent.  Entering more slowly and slightly further left, Matt proceeded to smoothly descend the entire section without a flip or mis-stroke throughout.  After a little more discussion, Joey and I both decided not to attempt a run.  We loaded the truck again, got back on the road, and drove over Independence Pass and down into the town of Aspen.  After a quick run of Castle Creek we met up with Anson Fogle for a late afternoon run on the Slaughterhouse section of the Roaring Fork.  We spent the evening of relaxing at Anson’s house and he joined us for the next two days of exploring and filming in the upper drainage of the Crystal River. 

Adam Goshorn, South Fork of the Crystal, by Matt Wallace

Adam Goshorn, South Fork of the Crystal, by Matt Wallace
Adam Goshorn, South Fork of the Crystal, by Matt Wallace

Adam Goshorn, South Fork of the Crystal, by Matt Wallace
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