Video from Chile

[FarPastGone]

I have been trying to edit together a video from Chile using the footage Cole Bailey and I got but I have been having troubles so I had to split it into 3 parts (still working on part 3).

Part 2: http://vimeo.com/18888122" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - features a couple of the creeks around the Pucon area (Llanchaue, Palguin, and Nevados). I think these runs were the highlight of the trip for both Cole and I. Personally the Llanchaue was probably my favorite run of the trip, not super challenging, but a classic waterfall and three or four really good rapids in a few kilometers.

Part 1: http://vimeo.com/18826079" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - features the Upper and Lower Trancura, Maichin, and the San Pedro. The San Pedro was an unreal Class III-IV big water run (nicknamed the Futa of the North) with water so clear the flatwater stretches looked like the ocean. Unfortunately it is in the process of being dammed so it was a bittersweet run.

- Matt

[Don Harwood]

Nice! Looks like a great trip!

[justin.payne]

Wow dude.....blown away! Awesome video editing and even better footage.

[Lifejacket]

Awesome footage! Now I am even more jealous. Be sure you check out the boof in video 2 @ 5:40

[unicorn]

Now I am even more jealous. Be sure you check out the boof in video 2 @ 5:40

this.

[waterhog]

bob sled bitchin!!!!! jealous

[FarPastGone]

Part 3: http://vimeo.com/19159395" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false; - this is the final of our footage from Chile. The first river is the Lower Fuy, which after deciding the Upper Fuy (30ft'er into 15ft'er into ledge series all within 50 meters) was way too high, we went with. It was a fun Class III-IV run. Following the Fuy is the Rio Laja which is north of Pucon by 3-4 hours. It is a steep, continuous, keep 'er straight kind of river with only a couple of eddies in the 1.5-2 mile run. Unfortuantely it was a semi-sketchy put-in, to micro-eddy, to immediately in the crux 200 meters of the run...needless to say I forgot to turn the camera on, so the video is only the second half of the run. We finished off the trip with a romp down the Veintidos section of the Rio Claro at low water, regardless of level the gorge was one of the most insane places I think both Cole and I have ever been.

...and yes, if you watched it and wondered, I did eat s**t off the 25fter on the Claro

- Matt

[SteveGabbard]

Amazing! That last gorge is wild looking.

[Lifejacket]

More awesome footage. Can you explain to me how to fast-forward through the flat water while on the river?

[waterhog]

you guys did have a low level on the claro but loookd unreal your line was a little jaged to the side but looked great that george looks like the goonies with that light like that whta time of day was that good job man!!!!!!!!

[FarPastGone]

Can you explain to me how to fast-forward through the flat water while on the river?

That would be a sweet feature to have on a boat!

whta time of day was that

That gorge is in a hot, dry, dusty part of Chile, seriously hot. We got up early and started the mile or so hike in between 8-9. We probably put on around 10 and got done by 12.