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So when the flow hit 1800 yesterday I decided today would be a good day to skip work and go boating. My paddling partner Jeff agreed and we left Durango at 6 AM for the Rio Piedra. There is plenty of snow up there still and the lower access road is indeed closed - so you must run both boxes and the full 19 miles (darn). Thanks to Jack we were demoing a Jack's Plastic Welding Culebra frameless cataraft which we ran R2 style. Jeff wanted to do a snow launch so we loaded up the boat near the...
Tom Zimmer Uses the Culebra hard in Western Colorado Wyoming Catholic College runs trips on the Green River, the Colorado River and the Snake river. They use culebra for training students in the Nuance of whitewater. Tom Zimmer- Professor of Leadership and Outdoor Education, tells us, "I can honestly say that I take never-ever boaters and in 2-3 days they are paddling through Class IV rapids on their own. That just doesn't happen in a big raft or a kayak." "The boat has been absolutely...
by David Lewis In early August, after 10 months of planning, myself, Goobo Mohammed, an Urban Planning student from Addis Ababa University and Anthon Jackson, a freelance photographer from Utah met in the Ethiopian capital. After stocking up on last-minute essential supplies in Addis - bamboo poles and anti-biotics - we bumbled along about 900km north to Assaita, the former capital of the Afar region. It was in this dusty town that we picked up two new team members, our ships of the desert;...
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Piedra with the Culebra Grande So when the flow hit 1800 yesterday I decided today would be a good day to skip work and go boating. My paddling partner Jeff agreed and we left Durango at 6 AM for the Rio Piedra. There is plenty of snow up there still and the lower access road is indeed closed - so you must run both boxes and the full 19 miles (darn). Thanks to Jack we were demoing a Jack's Plastic Welding Culebra frameless cataraft which we ran R2 style. Jeff wanted to do a snow launch so we...
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