The following updates from the various Mario Adolini shipped from Colombia. Really a nice story in episodes that makes you dream wonderful places and wonderful rivers! Grande Mario!
January 10, 2009
"Dear kayakeros del rio, we are here for the second act. As I said we did the Rio Sombrerillo and we were so pleased that we have a smile on his face for two days. confirmed the difficulty ' IV, IV + with a shift of V-final exit of the throat. This is a jump of about three meters below the threshold compressed between two vertical walls. It 's not possible to make inspection due to non-viable banks between vertical granite walls. The water pulls the whole left and slips between a rock and the wall below and must paddle with speed 'to cut all the right jumping and landing on the right side of the threshold that holds less. Amid we had described the move but I assure you that when we got there, jump "in the dark" is not 'a been paddling the river passeggiata.Per Sombrerillo must embark on the canal Naranco. Rio Naranco and 'a treacherous river with two transshipments. The first for a mega-mega siphon about 700-800 meters away from where the river disappears around with the right bank transfer. The second impractical for a trans-shipment of about 400-500 meters an hour the right side, partly in and partly in the jungle river. After about two kilometers away is' the confluence with the Rio Sombrerillo them and the music starts (sweet to the eyes and ears). After Sombrerillo eaten by rich "Donde Richard", el mejor de San Agustin cook, and ready to begin the journey to Medellin that has literally broken the back. Twenty-five hours of travel between Bus and Jeep (with CamIO bus in Neiva) with equipment and canoes in tow. We arrived in Rio San Juan Bolombolo on January 8 literally track. Here we met the coordinator of a center Arlex rafting on the Rio San Juan which has given us some indication, either to sleep for days after the fiume.Il, that 'today we did the Rio San Juan and Arlex but ...' by just doing this job and not 'a canoeist. The river, as a matter of local and 'feet more about' higher than normal and he had not warned of this. He took us to board the San Juan Canyon, with normal level, and 'an IV, IV +. We entered the canyon and we found ourselves in front of the monsters. Compressed air and water passages between the fifth and sixth grade. I tried a quick eye that was full of about 200 V m with intermediate hole and I've gotten con due eskimoni della madonna di cui uno dentro una bella soglia. Abbiamo cominciato a capire che… non era aria. Poco piu’ avanti, dopo un’altra rapida, ci siamo fermati in una morta a circa 5 metri dall’imbocco di un sestone che ti pettinava ben bene. Io e Giulio sponda sinistra e lato Giusto, Vincenzo e Michele sponda destra e lato sbagliato. Per farla breve li abbiamo tirati di qua con l’imbraco.Ora ci troviamo a Bolivar sul rio San Juan. E’ un posto stupendo e ci sono vari fiumi da fare. Il problema pero’ e’ sempre lo stesso. Mai nessuno che ci accompagna e a mala pena ci spiegano com’e’ il fiume. Pensiamo comunque di fermarci qui fino al rientro a Bogota’."
12 Gennaio 2009
"Siamo ancora sul rio San Juan e stiamo facendo base a Bolivar ridente cittadina sulle ande a sud di Medellín. E’ uno di quei paesini dove ci sono ottomila bar e ristoranti dai colori piu’ disparati, ognuno con la propria musica a tutta “callara”. Ormai siamo di casa. Tutti ci salutano e, grazie al grande cuore dei colombiani, siamo i benvenuti sempre e ovunque. Che popolo fantastico !La canoa prosegue. Eccome se prosegue.Sta piovendo ed il rio San Juan e' aumentato di livello. Belle onde e buconi e belle rapide sul IV grado di volume.Ieri abbiamo disceso il tratto a valle del canyon (che con questo livello non e' praticabile) per ben due volte ! La prima volta cauti e con occhio ai buchi. La seconda a nastro tipo "gara di alto corso" con tempo record di quaranta minuti ma... con il fiatone (poco allenamento ? Vecchiaia ? Troppi bagordi ? Mah !). Insomma belle quattro ore di canoa.Oggi. Beh, oggi ci siamo davvero sfranti !Siamo andati a vedere il Rio Barroso, affluente di destra del San Juan, che "casca" letteralmente di sotto. Il problema e' che non c'e' una strada di accesso al fiume ed e' tutto ingolato. Abbiamo approntato un tiro di corde di circa cento metri con ancoraggio alla jeep di Arlex e... mi sono calato dentro al canyon. Michele, Giulio e Vincenzo coordinavano le corde e facevano assistenza all'ancoraggio, mentre io ero in gola.Eravamo in contatto con le radioline del centro rafting kindly provided by Arlex, especially for the scouting.Beh, you know ... over there 'I did not feel alone. I was in constant contact with Vincent gave me manforte.A about 70 meters, I came up on a vertical ridge about twenty feet above the river, but ... Below me was a fucking impassable and we were on the wrong side. Famo that? Rise. And here begins another musica.Un bit 'attached to the rope, a little' I threw them at the end I was back on the road with a couple of kilos in less peril sweat e. .. a little 'for caga.Ma there are data for losers! With the Jeep we went a bit 'down the valley and after about a mile "the Mimmi" he adocchiatouna landslide. Access practical, we embark qui.Ancora decreased with le corde e finalmente siamo in fiume ! Minchia, siamo gia' pisti come l'uva e ancora non abbiamo iniziatola discesa. Vabbe'. Partiamo e cominciamo con altri scouting ma... delusione. Il tratto che abbiamo fatto e' circa l'ultimo chilometro-chilometro e mezzo. Tutto di terzo grado ! I passaggioni che abbiamo visto stanno sopra, stanno sopra, zio porco !Giunti alla confluenza con il San Juan... gli abbiamo dato ancora. Siamo tornati all'imbarco della "gara di alto corso" e,come se non bastasse, io e il Mimmi siamo andati ancora piu' su, a monte di un bel passaggione (visto dalla strada ma in fiumeun bel c. per il culo). Bucone finale con ritorno piatto di circa cinque-sei metri. Bolla che rompeva addosso ad una nicchia a sinistra. E che cazzo ! Via un trasbordo.Poi more rapid normal and we met with Julius and Vincent who were waiting to board a beautiful tract stabilito.Partiti volumone respectable and the first two rapids, with two beautiful Quarton Bananone you moved laterally to the whole mainsail! Thrilling ride with beautiful riprese.Ora are mushy! Tomorrow, a unanimous vote, rest panza de holes around the Andean city. There would, however, 'an eye on the Rio dabuttare Faragliones! Gia 'expect a nice ass instead of the rest. Then there diremo.Quanto to rio Barroso, did not end there. The day after tomorrow we go "mas arriba" e. .. at the cost of sleeping in, here I go provato.Adesso are seven in the evening. From the Internet point starting to feel a lot of Latin music. Y'know what ? Vamos a bailar, and we feel presto.Un greetings to all e. .. you still Feel Free! "
January 15, 2009
" With this we are the last act. Today 'was the last day of canoeing on the rivers of Colombia with a beautiful water-swollen Rio San Juan as a skin! Theoretically, in this period and 'Verano summer) but here nell'Antioquia region of north-west, it seems not want to go. Not for the cold. The temperature and 'optimal and there' a lot of sun. The difference between summer and winter seasons only in tropical areas like Colombia, is the amount 'of rain. In this period there should not raining, raining, or little, while each sera e oggi in particolare per tutta la giornata, gli da giu' di brutto. Ogni goccia e' un secchio d'acqua. Potete immaginare i livelli dei fiumi.Ma veniamo a noi. Cosa e' successo tra l'atto III e adesso ? Minchia, un botto di roba !ABBIAMO FINALMENTE DISCESO IL RIO BARROSO ! Come vi dicevo, ogni promessa e' debito e pure questo lo abbiamo "cavalcato".Se ricordate, avevo detto: << ...a costo di dormirci dentro> >. Beh, ci siamo andati davvero vicino. Vicinissimo.Si tratta di un fuime, il Rio Barroso, veramente impegnativo. E' un canyon verticale incassato tra pareti ricoperte di fitta vegetazione e dal carattere forte. Fiume di estrema pendenza di V grado continuo inframmezzato da rapide di quarto. Il tratto da noi percorso e' di circa tre chilometri in sei ore ! Embarking on a roll of string to seventy meters. Landing, same thing. The difference is that "slips". Understand that ass? Actually 'was our intention to go down all to the confluence with the San Juan for a length of about 6 chilometri.Ce we would have done if it had happened a bell'imprevisto that has sucked away about two hours . But what is' success? Part I, Quinton de cristo slope with absurd, and I do the quick stop in dead. I start with the rope and wait for the Mimmi.Parte the Mimmi, well ok and he comes in dead. Julie decides to mention that there transhipped and Walkin '. At that point allotment for the next rapid. I stop in and died. Waiting for the Mimmi. Waiting for the Mimmi. Waiting for the Mimmi. Shit, ma 'ndo is'? Landing and began to walk back. I see a little 'casino. And that 'success was in place and if Mimmi Giulio transhipped? Nothing, just during the transhipment and Julius' and slipped and 'match the boat down' for Quinton MACCHINAFOTOGRAFICA WITH CAMERA AND IN THE CANOE. The canoe could not see more '. Location: there was a man without a boat in a groove from which it puoiuscire, photos and video material of all the holiday lost! Puff, who disappeared into thin air. Finished! Ok. What do we do? We go up rapidly trying to look everywhere. Giu 'not' past should be here, stuck somewhere. Here it is! One can glimpse the underwater hull but the boat 'in a niche with a siphon davanti.Cazzo. We lost. Without the rocks in silence staring dumbfounded for a minute. It was impossible to approach. Idea. Take the Saxons more 'big and buttiamoceli above. Something will happen '. At least "if smove." We rolled down 'a Saxon as big as a refrigerator e. .. batabom. Canoe splashing out in candlelight and cries of joy across his throat. Hurry the fuck that we lose! Run! I literally threw in June beneath 'the right side and I nearly split my legs. I dive in and grab her aunt died and current Mamba. Fuck that ass. In all senses! The boat 's a bit sketchy, but all the material and' recovered and running. He lost almost two ore.Ripartiamo. Other RapidOne sussegguono is a "wheel"! We arrive to a landslide that blocks the passaggio.Sesto, seventh, eighth, what the fuck I know. Here you do not pass. Stevedoring left bank with another huge ass! Hour of transfer. We are exhausted. He starts to night. We continue the descent where the name is not already looked at them more '. Not good. So 'we risk too much. It 's almost overnight. - Guys, get ready to spend the night in a river. We're calm. It is not cold, the night passed - We are entering a dead look on in despair and trying to see the strada.Minchia the way! You can see the road and there 'a channel in which water flows but hardly allows the ascent. I attack on the radio. -Vince ', I feel Vince'? Vincenzo, Mario are you there? - In the distance with a bang and hiss I hear the voice of Vincent tells me-I feel bad. Where are you? - Shit, I feel. Yay!-From where we've seen you in transhipment, we will be five to six hundred meters further 'downstream. The river makes a couple of curve.Vedo a channel of water that goes down. Find us! - Item reassuring them that there-Fermi-seek. We throw the boats on the shore in water and exhausted, we lie waiting to be seen. -Mario, I see a canyon, you're down there? - I look up and see a Capoccetta among the vegetation. The Capoccetta we salutava. Vincent-Vincent, June drop down 'and come get us. Below and 'almost blind and can no longer see' a c. -We go up a bit 'to the canyon and half' we meet with Vincent that leaves us, like trophy, the string of seventy meters bought for a chance at a good price in a "fereteria" of Bolivar. The life line! Leaving the river, cut off more 'than ever ... Chicken a la brasa in Bolivar. Three servings a skull! Cerveza partiton and billiards with aching legs like marble columns. What a wonderful feeling! Today, for the rain, the Rio Barroso and 'increased by about a foot. We went to see the steps. If we had stayed in, today there would squeak seriously. You are about a mile to the end of the canyon with a threshold and Quinton abounded. Ok, so good '. The descent of the middle part of the Rio San Juan we met with a nice volumone and we can say to be fully satisfied by this beautiful river Colombia.Riassunto final downhill: 1) lower Rio Magdalena, III Volume2) Rio Magdalena Medio, IV volume3) Rio Mazamura, IV - V creek4) Rio Naranco, III creek (with traps and impractical) 5) Rio Sombrerillo, IV-V with a step creek6) Rio San Juan, part of the canyon, IV - Volume V tecnico7) Rio San Juan average, IV - Volume III tecnico8) Rio San Juan below, III volume9) Rio Barroso, V - VI creekDomani departure for Medellin. Then Bogota '. Approximately 10-11 hours by bus. Indent January 18 (I 19) to Roma.Lacrima of emotion and good-bye for another expedition, hoping to find another place like the enchanted Colombia.Ancora thanks to all of you for joining us with the same enthusiasm and for sharing our our emozioni.Pura vida and you always Feel Free! "
January 17, 2009
"We were waiting to see it before you actually say. Now we can say that aired on Colombian television news of 20.00 and repeated at 6.30 the next morning. Colombiana de Antioquia Television interviewed us and we have taken during the 'boarding Rio Barroso. As I said Barroso and the river' is a challenging river in the region of Antioquia, and all speak of it as "mui perigroso." When Bolivar and to 'spread the rumor that we wanted groped the descent, the news has rebounded everywhere and we were contacted by television Colombian Antioquia. The next day, and 'presented the announcer and did a shoot with a lot of interviews. Documents in hand (we took the camera with the television aired on television news), we defined the "kayakeros Italianos los rios on rio de Colombia y los rios de todo el mundo." A Bolivar had become a celebrity ', "Los Italianos notiziero the" Great experience and above all a good memory. "