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Ecuador 2017/2018
We wake up in Tena and ask around about water levels. It sounds like the Piatua should have enough water for is, and as a rarity for Ecuador, it has clear water. Looking upstream from take out.
It's a longer run and the dirt road takes about forty minutes of bumping to reach put-in.
We gear up as a cloud cover rolls in and head downstream, with flows a bit lower than anyone in our group had seen before. Keirith Snyder and Keith Kishiyama.
It's great class IV boat scouting, with the occasional scout for a few blind rapids. Apparently it's easier higher as eddies and visibility improve. Shannamar Dewey.
We wake up in Tena and ask around about water levels. It sounds like the Piatua should have enough water for is, and as a rarity for Ecuador, it has clear water. Looking upstream from take out.
It's a longer run and the dirt road takes about forty minutes of bumping to reach put-in.
We gear up as a cloud cover rolls in and head downstream, with flows a bit lower than anyone in our group had seen before. Keirith Snyder and Keith Kishiyama.
It's great class IV boat scouting, with the occasional scout for a few blind rapids. Apparently it's easier higher as eddies and visibility improve. Shannamar Dewey.
Keith Kishiyama enjoying a nice boof.
The river never stops, but at our flow it gets a bit manky for the last few miles.
Even at the low flows we really enjoyed the Piatua and it's a shame to hear that a dam is being put in on it.
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