{"id":14472,"date":"2013-01-27T20:18:25","date_gmt":"2013-01-27T20:18:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?p=14472"},"modified":"2013-01-27T20:18:25","modified_gmt":"2013-01-27T20:18:25","slug":"ecuadorian-adventures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/ecuadorian-adventures\/","title":{"rendered":"Ecuadorian Adventures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Team,<\/p>\n<p>I was fortunate enough to spend a month over X-mas in the whitewater paradise that is Ecuador. I pretty much paddled every single day (except when the\u00c2\u00a0volcano erupted in Banos), as I couldn&#8217;t get enough of the super fun continues rivers in the country. \u00c2\u00a0We Spent most of our time in the Quijos valley, staying in Baeza. This is a great base for anyone who wants to explore the hundreds (literally) of rivers Ecuador has to offer. Otherwise we explored rivers around Tena, Banos, and a few other places. The first week I paddled with fellow Canadians Greg Daspher and Chris Ryman. Later I teamed up with Oregon&#8217;s Seth Swallen and a few of his buddies (thanks guys!)<\/p>\n<p>I couldn&#8217;t recommend Ecuador enough. For bang for your buck quality river running this place can&#8217;t be beat. Below are a few pictures that do a better job explaining what the place is about.<\/p>\n<p>Lastly, huge thanks to the team at Small World Adventures, Chris Ryman and his wonderful wife Andrea of Endless River Adventures\u00c2\u00a0International, and local Rockstar Abe from Ecuador Paddling for showing me around and welcoming me to this great country. If you want to explore this part of the world, contact anyone of those guys.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14474\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14474\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14474\" alt=\"Maxi Boofing, Rio Oyacachi. photo: Greg Daspher\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/m_kniewasser_icefall-1867-1024x733.jpg\" width=\"590\" height=\"422\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/m_kniewasser_icefall-1867-1024x733.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/m_kniewasser_icefall-1867-300x215.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/m_kniewasser_icefall-1867.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maxi Boofing, Rio Oyacachi. photo: Greg Daspher<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14476\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14476\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14476\" alt=\"Maxi using the local bridges. Photo: Seth Swallen\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/m_kniewasser_icefall-2049-681x1024.jpg\" width=\"590\" height=\"887\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/m_kniewasser_icefall-2049-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/m_kniewasser_icefall-2049-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/m_kniewasser_icefall-2049.jpg 1198w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maxi using the local bridges. Photo: Seth Swallen<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14475\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14475\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14475\" alt=\"Seth in the Jondachi Jungle\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/m_kniewasser_icefall-2020-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"590\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/m_kniewasser_icefall-2020-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/m_kniewasser_icefall-2020-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/m_kniewasser_icefall-2020.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Seth in the Jondachi Jungle<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14478\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14478\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14478\" alt=\"Maxi running the top drop on Rio Hollin\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/m_kniewasser_icefall-2147-1024x843.jpg\" width=\"590\" height=\"485\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/m_kniewasser_icefall-2147-1024x843.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/m_kniewasser_icefall-2147-300x247.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/m_kniewasser_icefall-2147.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14478\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Maxi running the top drop on Rio Hollin<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_14473\" style=\"width: 600px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-14473\" class=\"size-large wp-image-14473\" alt=\"travelling in developing countries.....\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/m_kniewasser_icefall-1738-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"590\" height=\"392\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/m_kniewasser_icefall-1738-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/m_kniewasser_icefall-1738-300x199.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/01\/m_kniewasser_icefall-1738.jpg 1800w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-14473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">travelling in developing countries..<\/p><\/div>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Thanks guys,<\/p>\n<p>Maxi<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hi Team, I was fortunate enough to spend a month over X-mas in the whitewater paradise that is Ecuador. I pretty much paddled every single day (except when the\u00c2\u00a0volcano erupted in Banos), as I couldn&#8217;t get enough of the super fun continues rivers in the country. \u00c2\u00a0We Spent most of our time in the Quijos &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link block-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/ecuadorian-adventures\/\">Continue reading &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":117,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2}},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-14472","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-paddler-lifestyle-articles"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9tk9G-3Lq","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14472","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/117"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=14472"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14472\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":14483,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/14472\/revisions\/14483"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=14472"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=14472"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=14472"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}