Rio Chili

And they thought it couldn´t be done

03/08/12

After the excitement of the Chilca section of the Urubamba it was time to say goodbye to Derfogail who was flying home to the UK. After one last day in Cusco (spent like all proper rest days - eating) Adam, Alex, Alby and Tom caught the bus to Arequipa. Much ticket faff and a glorious eight hours on the bus later we found ourselves in Perus second city.

Tim planned to meet the team in Arequipa flying from London via Madrid and Lima. Luckily he managed to blag his kit and boat onto all three planes. Despite his strict instructions to meet him at the airport Tom and Adam managed to turn up late, leaving Tim to make his own way to the hostel (ooops).

With all five kayakers reunited it was time to take on a new river, the Rio Chili. Tim was given a generous 12 hours to recover from his epic journey and then shoved onto what turned out to be a beautiful class 3/4 river on the outskirts of the city. After spending hours travelling all over Peru it was fantastic to be able to paddle a river that was only half an hours drive from the hostel.

Daniel watches Alex

Against local advice Alex went skins!

Alby

We ran the river with Daniel of Expedicionas y Adventuras and a couple of his rafts. It was a great 2 hour run, and a nice change to feel relaxed on the river after the more challenging Chilca. We ran this river on two consecutive days. Next stop, Rio Cotahuasi!