{"id":15795,"date":"2014-01-10T01:25:04","date_gmt":"2014-01-10T01:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?p=15795"},"modified":"2014-01-10T01:25:04","modified_gmt":"2014-01-10T01:25:04","slug":"merica-the-southern-one","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/merica-the-southern-one\/","title":{"rendered":"\u2018Merica, the Southern One"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Ty Caldwell Rio Gol Gol Photo: Bernie Engleman <\/p>\n

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Ty Boof to Swim Photo: Jon Clark<\/p><\/div>\n<\/dd>\n<\/dl>\n<\/div>\n

It is coming up on two months that I have been traveling around Chile and what an unbelievable experience to say the least.\u00a0 Since watching the first Demshitz videos of Chile, it has always been a dream of mine to visit this magnificent land of waterfalls and Chile is just that\u2026 magnificent.<\/p>\n

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Ty on La Princesa Photo: Eric Mount<\/p><\/div>\n

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While the whitewater is amazing, the culture of the Chilean people is what truly blew me away.\u00a0 My first few weeks in Chile were occupied by homesteading just outside of Futaleufu. While I lived with a few Gringos, my only outside contact was that of rural Chileans.\u00a0 Viewing their lifestyles was similar to traveling back in time 100 years.\u00a0 \u00a0It is truly amazing to see people living off of the land and tending to their livestock.\u00a0 After chopping wood to cook breakfast on the on the wood stove, most of my days were filled with climbing over cattle fences to reach the Rio Futaleufu.\u00a0 Oh man, what a river.\u00a0 With strong winds, whirlpools, and waves\/holes the size of cars this river is fierce, but oh so fun.\u00a0 Kayaking can only get better with good places to fly fish on the trek downstream.\u00a0 The Futa is home to some beautiful trout and gorgeous mountains.\u00a0 Make sure not to only get views of the bottom of the river but also from the tops of the surrounding peaks.<\/p>\n

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Ty on top of the world Photo: Theresia Hinton<\/p><\/div>\n

After spending a few weeks in Futaleufu, I headed North to help assist in showing the NOC Youth Paddling Team around the Country.\u00a0 Three very experienced paddlers from the Team made the flight down and spent their winter break in a warmer environment.\u00a0 Upon their arrival we met up in San Fabian to set off on an overnighter on the Rio Nuble.\u00a0 The overnighter ended on Christmas Eve where we were able to experience a traditional Chileans Christmas.\u00a0 With the festivities over we headed south to Pucon.\u00a0 David Hughes hosted us at the Pucon Kayak Hostel and we centralized ourselves for some amazing rivers.\u00a0 Near Pucon we paddled the Rio Trancura, Palguin, Llancahue, Fuy, San Pedro, and even made it a bit further south to the Rio Gol Gol.\u00a0 Each river is phenomenal in its own way.\u00a0 After two weeks of paddling the guys headed home and I found my self back on a bus to Futaleufu.\u00a0 Chile continues to amaze me each day and I now prepare to the next adventure of paddling from the Argentina border to the Pacific Ocean, crossing Chile in less than 24 hours.<\/p>\n

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Taylor and Bernie Brotraining Photo: Ty Caldwell<\/p><\/div>\n

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Bernie on the Palguin Photo: Ty Caldwell<\/p><\/div>\n

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Overnighter on the Rio Nuble Photo: Ty Caldwell<\/p><\/div>\n

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Waking up Photo: Ty Caldwell<\/p><\/div>\n

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Taylor Cofer on Rio Llancahue Photo: Ty Caldwell<\/p><\/div>\n

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Bernie checking out the cave Photo: Ty Caldwell<\/p><\/div>\n

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Theresia at the Pacific Photo: Ty Caldwell<\/p><\/div>\n

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Do yourself a favor and visit Chile, the adventures never end.<\/p>\n

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It is coming up on two months that I have been traveling around Chile and what an unbelievable experience to say the least.\u00a0 Since watching the first Demshitz videos of Chile, it has always been a dream of mine to visit this magnificent land of waterfalls and Chile is just that\u2026 magnificent.   While the … <\/p>\n

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