Lovin The Rain

  When I got here I was figuring it would be late spring early summer weather like back home. Cold sunny days. Maybe the occasional rain. I was wrong! We've had rain all but one day so far, keeping pretty much everything juicy.
  Yesterday we met up with Chris Tulley, Ian Buckley and Julian the German. Ian getting over the flu we thought it would be a good idea to keep things a little toned down for now and went to check out the Rio Turbio. Chris and I were thinking it was going to be way to low, but the waterfall at the bottom looked like it had just enough water and we all decided to do the short hike up!

 Chris super stoked to get to the put in of the Rio Turbio

Tulley equally stoked to be checking out the first rapid/slide of the Turbio

  The first rapid was pretty amazing. It definitely reminded me of California. It was probably around 100 meters long with a nice 5 foot boof on the end of it. Just a short while after that we found this nice 10-12 foot drop that we could walk back up to and do over and over again!

Chris boofin it! Photo: Ian

Julian boofin it! Photo: Ian

  After this point the river didn't let up for a while, keeping us entertained and on our toes! Thanks to the awesome safety skills these guys were putting out, we had a steady pace going down the river.

Looking back up at some action Chris and I ran blind. Some fun undercuts in there!

  From here on out it was pretty mank, with the occasional super fun rapid. We kept pretty good speed going till the end of the run where we found a nice 15 footer!

The takeout falls for the Rio Turbio Photo: Ian

  By the end of the day I was super stoked to have gotten on this gem while it was still flowing. Low water made for slightly scrapie in-between rapids, but the rest of it was super fun! Some cold water and weather on this thing. Make sure you have some warm gear, like our Kokatat dry suits to keep you comfy and dry! Till next time!

-Jon