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| The whole crew |
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After our stay on the Pacific Coast of Costa Rica, we went back to the airport, turned in our cars, and then were driven to Turrialba, which is near the center of the country. On our first day, we ran the Rio Pejibaye. We had a group of 7 IKs and there were 4 guides in hardshell kayaks. We started with the lower run, which was fun class II+. After lunch, those of us who were experience boaters went up to run the class III+ upper section.
While we drove up, rain came in and raised the river a little. We hiked our boats down to the river and got started. The first couple of rapids were steep, blind, boulder gardens. We then had to eddy out because the next rapid had a tree across the main channel. After that, things were fun, but pretty easy. We got back down to where we had originally put in, and one of the other boaters joined us to finish the run.
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| Running the headwall |
Near the end of the run there is a fun headwall rapid that gave us a wild ride. Just as we got near the takeout, I got stuck on a gravel bar. One of the other boaters tried to knock me off the rocks, but we ended up stuck together with his boat under mine as we rushed toward some brush by the river. We luckily extracted ourselves in time.
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