{"id":18531,"date":"2016-01-27T16:12:20","date_gmt":"2016-01-27T16:12:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/?p=18531"},"modified":"2016-01-27T17:06:01","modified_gmt":"2016-01-27T17:06:01","slug":"dominican-republic-part-1-rio-yaque-del-norte","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/dominican-republic-part-1-rio-yaque-del-norte\/","title":{"rendered":"Dominican Republic &#8211; Part 1: Rio Yaque del Norte"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Below: Matthew Beauchamp boofing off the wall. \u00a0Photo by Steve Krajewski.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-18534\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0026-1024x912.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0026\" width=\"590\" height=\"525\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0026-1024x912.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0026-300x267.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0026-768x684.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>In December of 2015 Matthew Beauchamp, Steve Krajewski, Shannon Goshorn, and I (Adam Goshorn) headed to the island of Hispaniola to check out the rivers of the Dominican Republic. \u00a0Although the island was experiencing a pattern of dry weather, we still found options to paddle daily and enjoyed a great time in this lesser known paddling destination.<\/p>\n<p>Below: Shannon Goshorn lining dropping into\u00a0a tight move that involved ducking the overhanging wall in the landing. \u00a0Photo by Steve Krajewski.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-18532\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0001-798x1024.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0001\" width=\"590\" height=\"757\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0001-798x1024.jpg 798w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0001-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0001-768x986.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>The Rio Yaque del Norte is the longest\u00a0river in the Dominican Republic\u00a0and it offers several sections of whitewater ranging from class II-IV. \u00a0Its large watershed means it is rarely too low to paddle, although some sections require more water than others. \u00a0We ended up spending four days paddling on the Yaque and spent most of our time on the Las Guazarus section, which seemed to be the most channelized and offer the best option for the low water conditions we were experiencing.<\/p>\n<p>Below: Steve Krajewski boofing a fun double drop. \u00a0Photo by Adam Goshorn.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-18533\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0004-1024x723.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0004\" width=\"590\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0004-1024x723.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0004-300x212.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0004-768x542.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Below: A completion video from several different laps on the Rio Yaque del Norte at a few different levels. Edited by Adam Goshorn.<\/p>\n<div class=\"youtube_sc  fluid widescreen\"><div class=\"inner block\"><noscript><style type=\"text\/css\">.youtube_sc iframe.yp{display:none;}<\/style><object width=\"560\" height=\"340\" class=\"yp\" title=\"YouTube video player\"><param name=\"movie\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/RG-wC3b4DcQ?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\"><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\"><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><embed src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/RG-wC3b4DcQ?version=3&amp;hl=en_US\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" class=\"yp\" type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" wmode=\"transparent\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\"><span style=\"display:block;margin-top:15px;\">The Adobe Flash Player is required for video playback.<br><a href=\"http:\/\/get.adobe.com\/flashplayer\/\" title=\"Install from Adobe\">Get the latest Flash Player<\/a> or <a href=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=RG-wC3b4DcQ\" target=\"_blank\" title=\"Watch on YouTube\">Watch this video on YouTube<\/a>.<\/span><\/object><\/noscript><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/RG-wC3b4DcQ?version=3&amp;wmode=transparent\" width=\"560\" height=\"340\" class=\"yp\" title=\"YouTube video player\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div><\/div>\n<p>Stay tuned for more updates from our time in the Dominican Republic!<\/p>\n<p>Until Next Time&#8230;<\/p>\n<p>Adam Goshorn<\/p>\n<p>Below: Adam Goshorn lining up for the kicker on a low volume slide. \u00a0Photo by Steve Krajewski.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-large wp-image-18535\" src=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0066-1024x684.jpg\" alt=\"DSC_0066\" width=\"590\" height=\"394\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0066-1024x684.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0066-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/DSC_0066-768x513.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 590px) 100vw, 590px\" \/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Below: Matthew Beauchamp boofing off the wall. \u00a0Photo by Steve Krajewski. In December of 2015 Matthew Beauchamp, Steve Krajewski, Shannon Goshorn, and I (Adam Goshorn) headed to the island of Hispaniola to check out the rivers of the Dominican Republic. \u00a0Although the island was experiencing a pattern of dry weather, we still found options to &hellip; <\/p>\n<p><a class=\"more-link block-button\" href=\"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/dominican-republic-part-1-rio-yaque-del-norte\/\">Continue reading &raquo;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":118,"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":[4,5,690],"tags":[638,487,32,509,551,48,61,855,107,124,179,188,857,221,255,259,856],"class_list":["post-18531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-creeking-articles","category-paddler-lifestyle-articles","category-trip-reports","tag-9r","tag-adam-goshorn","tag-burn","tag-burn-iii","tag-creek","tag-creeking","tag-demshitz","tag-dominican-republic","tag-immersion-research","tag-kayaking","tag-pyranha","tag-pyranha-shiva","tag-rio-yaque","tag-team-pyranha","tag-werner-paddles","tag-whitewater-kayaking","tag-yaque-del-norte"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/p9tk9G-4OT","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18531","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\/118"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=18531"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":18539,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/18531\/revisions\/18539"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=18531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=18531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.pyranha.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=18531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}