Patagonia Without Dams

Here are some of the best pictures from my trip and also a movie I made.

I´ll keep kayaking, going more to south of Chile, crossing by Argentina.

Almost all the rivers I paddle are in dam projects, so this is the reason for the name of my movie.

In Pucon the flow of the rivers are going down, so I´m now on my way to Futaleufu and Baker.

That means more to the south in Patagonia, with the great car of Jean, Netta, some chiliens and some Germans.

Enjoy the movie and the pictures. More is coming soon.

Without Dams In Patagonia from Gael Caride on Vimeo.

Me in Rio Puesco

Me in Rio Trancura 

Me jumping the Salto Alerces Rio Manso

Me in Ducky slide in Manso

Thomas in Rio Fuy

Jean in Salto Alerces, Rio Manso

Me in Rio Fuy

Francois in Rio Fuy

The French Team

The great place to camp.With 10000000 of flies.

Thanks to Matias Della Rosa and his family for give us the best asado and a big welcome.

The photographers of the pictures are: Myself, Netta Hånsnar, Andraz Krpic and Tomas Binimelis. 

Chile a dream coming true

2 monts in Chile now and I still see amazing places.
Some places look like it´s made by a kayaker.
More and more people is coming to paddle now.
Slovenian ,French, Italian, Peruvian, Quebec and Germans.
That is the international team we make for paddling and "asados", barbecue.
We been a little in the north of Pucon, for the Ñuble Fest.
A festival against the dam project in this place.
In this area is the famous rio Claro. The more impressive place I´ve been paddling.
The pictures speak by them selfs.

Picture by Andraz Krpic in the crazy Caracol "snail"

First "boof" of François  Hemidy in 22 Tacas.

Our friend Julio from Peru broke is paddle in this drop.

François borrowed him his paddle and continued all the section with a broken paddle.

Better than one breakdown is to have François in the your team.

Nice style of Jean Le Tulzo

Jean in The garganta del diablo "devils throat"

Fotos by myself

Caracol and the scary Garganta del diablo by Netta Hånsnar

Palguin

One of the 1000 boofs

Last stroke before flying 22 m in middle Palguin

Fotos Netta Hånsnar.

Lower Palguin Foto By Momo Castillo

Nevado

Demshitz fall. Not easy to be in the good line and

so easy to hurt your self. I dont know how many meters but high enough to have a drink

to celebrate after running the fall.

Foto: Netta Hånsnar

Foto:Netta Hånsnar

Jancague

Awesome little river

Thomas Sicre in the first drop

Jean in the main rapid in the middle section.

Fotos by myself

Foto:Josh Oberleas

Foto:Josh Oberleas

That´s it, we keep kayaking, I let you know.

Movie from Mexico

Finally I made a movie from last year in Mexico.
Not in H.D but good remember anyway.
Thanks to all the friends and people helping.
Specialy to PEK Pyrenees Extreme Kayak,Aventurec and Rafa Ortiz.
Enjoy the movie.

In Mexico from Gael Caride on Vimeo.

Warming up in Chile

After 4 days in bus for go to Pucon from Lima ,it´s really the time to paddle.

Pucon in Chile, the famous place for kayak, rafting and party.

Of course the volcano Villarica  get a lot of turisme as well.

I meet with some local friends that I haven´t seen in a cople of years.

One warming  up is good when you arrive but without falling a sleep.

So we run the classic sections waiting for some drops to come lower in flow.

To do kayaking in Chile is really fantastic.

Big river or creek, you go to find what you like for sure.

The bad thing is that the state sell the water in the rivers to other states.

This means that a lot of rivers they are with hydroliks dams dangers.

Here some pictures, soon I show you more !

Rio Nevado                       Photo: Tomas Binimelis

Rio Nevado                       Photo: Netta Hånsnar    

Rio Palguin                       Photo: Gabriel Côté-Valiquette

Rio Puesco                       Photo: Netta Hånsnar

Rio Trancura                      Photo: Tomas Binimelis

New Movie

I have allot of good memories from this country. This year I´m not going back to Norway, but I hope I can again next year.

The best way to describe the rivers in Norway is by showing you this movie. Of course its just a small part of it, because it is full of rivers in this crazy country.

Thank you to all my friends for all the good kayaking and also a thanks to Pyranha.


Enjoy the movie!




in Norway from Gael Caride on Vimeo.

Mexico part 2

It's some weeks now we have been paddling hard.
To paddle hard means danger is involved, you know. So with bad luck ower friend Eric Deguil broak his back. He can walk, but he is going to have 3 months with corset and his hollidays in Mexico is of course finished. He runed the Tomata falls ( 23m) with to low water and even with a almost perfect line it was not enough to dont get hurt. Have good healing my friend,Tabasse !!!! see you soon.
Aniol came back to cataluña with 1 ribb very tired and Mike McKay broke his hand in the banana section.

Creek sounds more like "crak-crok".

But we keep on paddling and we have very good times aswell.




The Big Banana Section from Anyoree on Vimeo.

This movie by Aniol Serrasolses show you the Banana section, allready my favorite in Mexico, but my travel is still not finished.
Thank's Aniol for this movie, see you soon compadre!

                                    
                                                     Cascada Trutxa

                                            Foto Lalo Ruiz            Rapido:  El Silencio

                  Basti, Bixente, Eric, Fafa, Eneko and myself