Archive for July, 2010

MayanWhiteWater (that’s me Greg Schwendinger/Guatemala) and SierraRios (that’s Rocky Contos/California-Mexico) teamed up last week to explore some new runs. The stats:

• 10 days of boating in 3 countries (El Salvador, Honduras, Guatemala)
• 7 first descents (all but 2 had some class V)
• 1 multi-day (3 days on the Río Otoro, Honduras)
• 1 camp site flooded at midnight (Río Otoro)
• 2 cracked boats (a Pyranha M3 and a Bliss-stick Huka)
• 1 paddle lost and recovered

Other than that things went pretty smoothly (no swims, no unplanned overnights). Plus we got in a good day on the Río Cangrejal, Honduras, with the owner of Omega Tours, Udo Witteman. All the rivers will eventually be described and mapped on www.mayanwhitewater.com

Below you can enjoy some photos:

1 Scenery on the upper Torola, El Salvador (photo RC)

2 Nice gorge on the upper Torola, El Salvador (photo RC)

3 Tricky rapid above “The Crack” on the upper Río Torola, El Salvador (photo GS)

4 “The Crack” on the upper Río Torola, El Salvador (photo RC)

5 Runout on the Río Yaguera, Honduras (photo RC)

6 Nice canyon on the Río Otoro, Honduras (photo RC)

7 Side cave on the Río Otoro, Honduras (photo RC)

8 Camp on the Río Otoro, Honduras (photo GS)

9 “Beach Ball” rapid on the upper Río San Juan, Honduras (photo RC)

10 Scouting the middle Río San Juan, Honduras (photo RC)

11 “Extended Play”rapid on the Río Cangrejal, Honduras (photo GS)

12 Class III on the Río San José, Guatemala (photo GS)

13 Class IV on the Río San José, Guatemala (photo RC)