 At the very beginning of December, my love of kayaking and the need to run away from Christmas became too much to bear. I fled to South America with 10 other British lunatics. After a substantial 36 hour journey, 12 missed flights and one lost bag we headed straight to the local supermarket to pick up a few cervezas... |
The following morning, the 'jet lag' was so bad that many of us were very tired, had sore heads and couldn't seem to walk in a straight line. Thankfully, we managed to get all (or most) of the larger out of our systems relatively quickly and were ready to hit some stouts!
We spent the next couple of weeks boofing big on some epic rivers, going deep on the 70 footer on the Middle Palguin, rubbing shoulders with the big boys, consuming many beverages and preparing ourselves for the carnage of the Pucon River Fest.
Following the start of the fest, a big night at 'Beanies and Bikinis', and some questionable behaviour by some of the group, it was time to race!
The pressure was on as I was out of the gates first, but I placed a time of 2 minutes 20 seconds which put me second place in the ladies competition, and more importantly, second place in the British competition!
This was my first attempt at slalom, but won't be my last... as long as I can find other races with waterfalls in the middle.
After the race it was time to head for home but I know I will be back. Thank you so much to Team Chile for all of your boat carrying (or boat bitching as it's affectionately know) and to Pucon Kayak Hostel for an epic adventure... I will be back...
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