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Chris Spelius
Registrace 15. 09. 2011
Kayak Chile Futaleufu River
In 1986, Expediciones Chile's founder Chris Spelius kayaked the Futaleufu (Fu, Futa) River for his first time. After kayaking rivers all over the world, he believed that he had stumbled upon an undiscovered kayaking nirvana in the Futaleufu River Valley. The Futaleufu River has it all, from a beautiful background of glaciers and rugged peaks to turquoise, champagne-like water flowing from pristine lakes. Chris was enthralled by river features from the dramatic, explosive class III waves trains to the play waves placed above thundering class V+ rapids. Chris was so impressed by what he found in Patagonia that he began pioneering commercial whitewater kayaking trips on the Futaleufu River just one year later, and Expediciones Chile (Kayak Chile) was thus born.
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Rafting Infierno Canyon Futaleufu River
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The Infierno Canyon is considered un-portage-able and demands complete commitment from those who decide to paddle it. The Upper Futaleufu is also most susceptible to changes in water level and becomes more dangerous the higher the water becomes. This is truly an expert level kayak run. www.exchile.com
Our Patagonia
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Expediciones Chile invites you to come explore the best kept secret of Patagonia, a magical place where hundreds of glacial lakes are connected by thousands of kilometers of pristine rivers, all flowing through the dramatic Andean Mountain range. Come visit us in the heart of this paradise, the Futaleufu River Valley. Be enchanted by its natural rhythms, where condors soar in southern thermals ...
Futaleufu Rapids the Top Six - with Expediciones Chile
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The Futaleufu River lies deep within the Andean Corridor of Lakes (Region X - Chiloe, Palena District) in Northern Patagonia, Chile. The headwaters of the river lie in Argentina’s Los Alerces National Park originating from a hydro-electric station below the man made lake, Lago Amutui Quimei. On the Argentine side of the border the Rio Futaleufu is known as the Rio Grande. The Futaleufu flows so...
Humorous Senior Speech (Power of Story telling)
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Chiloe Leone Spelius Olave. Community School Sun Valley Idaho 2016
"Stay in stay in!!" Lol pretty sure she wanted to but lacked the ability at that moment there bud!!
fucking brilliant.
Now that looks like a damn good time!!
Magic Futaleufú , ❤
This is amazing
None of those rapids where anywhere near V+.
It really is a place painted by god😊
Viva CHILE 🇨🇱.
Throne room was the only level 5 rapid I seen.
Very inspiring love u from Bhutan....
Im doing this!!!
que rio mas fantastico . el mejor de todo s en chile..algun dia volvere ..pensar que hice rafting ahi
A little bit dramatic with the music for Throne Room, and I don't think it's Class 5+. Look at what guys are paddling nowadays and ask yourself if this is a fair comparison.
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This river is insane! How paddle-able is it with an open canoe? Can you portage anything above class 2+/3? Thanks for sharing this, really considering going for it April 2023... EDIT : After watching this, you've answered my question, definitely too much to take on solo and in an open canoe!! Any other suggestions for a long touring river? THANK YOU!
Back in the VHS recording days I watched and recorded a video of a world-famous kayaker who gave up everything in the US to move to Patagonia just to kayak and raft on the Futaleufu. I put this on my bucket list at that time. Now finally over 20 yrs later I have booked a trip to Chile. Feb 2023 is not that far away, and I am coming to raft and experience this wonder.
OMG, how was it? im From Chile, i just rafting the Petrohue, but not this one, was too hard?
How was the trip?!
Yeah how was it
Guessing he didn't make it guys.
I believe that is the gentleman narrating this video- Chris Spelius I think.
those are not 5s
Cool
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Would love to do this river once in my lifetime. Ungodly great!!
me encantaría ir, si tan solo no fuera un argentino con un peso que no vale nada
Vamos amigo ya saldrán de todo esto.
Em fevereiro estaremos vivendo isso!!!
Eh du carralho!!! Uau...the best
I can never get over how clear the water is down there. Great video! Thumbs up and subscribed.
Very inspiring shots and whitewater stretches. You immediately get pleasure. Greetings ronactive
Bellisimas imagenes , es un lugar de fantasias , lindo ! Saluds desde cba arg
Really great 🙏
Que belloooo😍❤❤❤
Hermoso lugar en Chile🙂🇨🇱🇨🇱🇨🇱
what a dream!!
Fantástica bajada, grande el futaleufu
I’ve actually said that word accidentally, pretending to speak French 😂 In my mind it was spelled like this, foo tula foo. Wee wee! No one cares...
What a stunning River, aqua marine water and rapids of joy.
the one and only from indonesia 2010.....
I don't think I saw a single class V
4+. The 4s looked like class 3
It's another price...
@@RichRich1955 nothing looked all that hard. possibly undercut or pinny?
This video shows the river at a low level. I kayaked it in 98 at a high level. My video is here, czcams.com/video/8ix5r3IYBo8/video.html Even though Chris is a white water legend the descriptions and ratings are totally wrong. Rarely paddlers paddle Zeta since a death in1997. It is the most dangerous rapid on the river. My ratings are in order, Zeta, Throne Room, Terminator, Inferno Canyon, Casa De Piedra. I know Inferno Canyon has changed but the 1st and last rapid involves many moves with really bad consequences with a swim.
as a novice, I took a half day trip with others that I was touring with (Intrepid tours)... I was expecting a normal roller coaster type of ride...we started off with class 2-3 rapids which then went to 4, and then class 5 rapids..I think we had to go through three of those....after flipping twice, (no one but the guide knew what they were doing), I was completely terrified...it was like a ride that you couldn't get off of until you finished the course....just be careful of what you wish for!
Mark Ferry great description, I could see how that would be a little sketchy. When the guide yells out “nice knowing you” you know you’re in big trouble.
LOL great description. That's how I felt when I rafted on the mighty Zambezi in Victoria falls, Zimbabwe. I was thrown 3 times. I still recall the power of the water and the overwhelming noise of the rapids; once you get thrown in into a grade 5 rapid... it's akin to a religious experience.
Hi! Hope you're well! I'm reaching out from Break Thru Films, we're a documentary production company based in NYC. We're interested in licensing parts of this video of yours for potential use in our current docu-series: czcams.com/video/3Qbmdad3mUU/video.html . If interested, I can send you more details. Please email joneleconceicao14@gmail.com or call 310-951-0022. Looking forward to hearing back - thank you!
February 1991, glad to see you're still there stud
Some very fun action !!
Is this filmed in low water?
Ronan Shaw yes it's pretty low on this footage
ha I had the same thought.. For V and V+, it all looked preeetty mellow. I can only assume it's all undercut or something too.. though all the biggest rocks had some pretty hearty pillows on them.
Hopefully be there anytime soon. Great footage of an amazing river. Can't wait until next video you upload. Thanks for sharing and let us know what we have.