Hello everyone,
We have all arrived safely in Oran in the northern part of Argentina after a twenty-four hour bus ride from Mendoza to Salta and then a brief continuation on to Oran.
Today we did the majority of the shopping for supplies and will be collecting the last few items tomorrow, including: a cooler, butane and glue for the repair kit, which TSA kindly confiscated back in the US.
We have also met our contact, Diego Castillo, the man who is known to run the northern part of Argentina. He will be our shuttle into Bolivia where he will be dropping us off at La Capilla del Bermejo, which is the confluence of two rivers and the beginning of the Bermejo (Latitude: 22 degrees 10' 00'' S / Longitude: 64 degrees 42' 00'' W). Above this confluence, the rivers are graded class VI and inaccessible. Currently water levels are low which also makes these sections impossible.
From the first put-in we are expecting class V rapids as the rivers whips through one canyon to give a small repreive, before we enter a smaller canyon where we are expecting class IV rapids.
As it is, the water levels are very low. As we paddle further from Bolivia into Argentina we will have to assess whether we can paddle the drawn-out sections of the Bermejo as it crosses the Gran Chaco to our second river, the Paraguay.
We are hoping that we can, but will only know once we are on the river.
Please check back in soon for videos and photos from the upper sections of the white water.
We have all arrived safely in Oran in the northern part of Argentina after a twenty-four hour bus ride from Mendoza to Salta and then a brief continuation on to Oran.
Today we did the majority of the shopping for supplies and will be collecting the last few items tomorrow, including: a cooler, butane and glue for the repair kit, which TSA kindly confiscated back in the US.
We have also met our contact, Diego Castillo, the man who is known to run the northern part of Argentina. He will be our shuttle into Bolivia where he will be dropping us off at La Capilla del Bermejo, which is the confluence of two rivers and the beginning of the Bermejo (Latitude: 22 degrees 10' 00'' S / Longitude: 64 degrees 42' 00'' W). Above this confluence, the rivers are graded class VI and inaccessible. Currently water levels are low which also makes these sections impossible.
From the first put-in we are expecting class V rapids as the rivers whips through one canyon to give a small repreive, before we enter a smaller canyon where we are expecting class IV rapids.
As it is, the water levels are very low. As we paddle further from Bolivia into Argentina we will have to assess whether we can paddle the drawn-out sections of the Bermejo as it crosses the Gran Chaco to our second river, the Paraguay.
We are hoping that we can, but will only know once we are on the river.
Please check back in soon for videos and photos from the upper sections of the white water.
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