The town of Futaleufu is gorgeous. It´s a really tranquil, super calm place. Everyone and everything is really laid back. It´s in the middle of nowhere, which kind of slows down time.
There´s beautiful snow capped peaks in every direction.
I´m staying in the H20 Patagonia guide house, which is newly remodeled. It´s the nicest guide house I´ve ever seen. It´s one of the nicest places I´ve lived in! And who can beat the location!?
Out my livingroom window, I can see two different snowy peaks. It´s awesome!
The interior is great. They haven´t quite finished remodeling, but we´re finishing what they didn´t. It´s great little afternoon projects..... and excuses for drinking beer..... for me and my house-mates.
My roomies are this really cool couple from Switzerland. Mark and Fabi. They´re great. It´s just the three of us in the house, which is even more awesome. We have family meals together... hee hee... it´s great.
The Rio Futaleufu
I got on the river for the first time the day after I got here. It´s BIG. It´s low water right now... and it´s still BIG. Big, beautiful rapids. I´m really stoked to run it on my board.... but I feel like I should learn the lines a bit
better to avoid a total ass kicking the first time. I´m really stoked to run Mundaca on my board. It´s one of the bigger rapids on the Bridge to Bridge section. I don´t have any pics of my own yet.... but they´re coming...Lots of stuff to do
When I´m bored.... I can go on a bike ride. Which I usually do once a day. I tried to bike to Inferno Canyon the other day, but the rain beat me there, and I had to turn around in the downpour. I got some cool pics though.
It´s beautiful here, even when it´s raining.
I boarded the Rio Azul and got a 1st descent on a riverboard! It was pretty fun, class 3 stuff. The Azul has spectacular views of Tres Munjas, which is a pretty sweet mountain.
The put-in is beautiful too!
Yesterday, Fabi, Mark, Mitch and I went hiking up the little creek near H20 base to try to find access for canyoneering trips. Fabi and I split from them and hiked up to a waterfall higher up.
I´m loving it here! I´m planning on spending a month here, just training since there´s not really any work. I´m plenty happy training and chillin here in this amazing place!
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