First off I just want to say sorry that this is the first you have heard from me. I have been traveling all over Chile and sometimes it is hard to get this all done in the short amount of time we have on the computer. To start my adventure we arrived in Chile around the 25th of October, we had a few flight issues that landed us in Bogota, Colombia for a few days which was very interesting to say the least. The first day on the river was a great run we ended up doing the run on the Rio Claro , From pool to pool roughly 40 feet ( 13-14 meters) the drop twists halfway down in a spiral formation and free-falls the remaining 20+ feet. Hence the name Caracol, which in Spanish means “snail”.Usually when kayakers come to run the Caracol it is in early spring and late summer and the pool is much more calm. But, we were in the heart of the spring season with high water and what do you think they did….thats right…. we ran it!!!  The scary thing about this drop is once you drop in there is no way of getting out, except via kayak for another 5 rapids deep inside the dangerously committing gorge. The river was running at what we think was the highest flow anyone has ever attempted the Caracol and the gorge following known as “el Gargante de el Diablo” which means “throat of the Devil.”

This is just day one , stay connected to catch more action from Chile!!

-Susan