Archive for the ‘Chile’ Category

Photos from Chile, Patagonia, Futaleufu, South America.

Whitewater kayaking on the Fuatelufu River, Patagonia, Chile

Thursday, April 26th, 2007

Whitewater Kayaking on the Futaleufu River, Patagonia, Chile

Hey Folks,

This photo is of my friend Ken Kruger running an 8′ drop in a rapid known as “Terminator”. This photo shows about 1/100 of the rapid. Terminator’s HUGE, and aptly named. We were running a whitewater rafting trip down the Futaleufu River, and the water level was high. While all the guests walked the rapid, and we ghosted the boats down the river, the kayakers paddled it. I got into position below this drop, and was lucky to get Ken with his mullet flying (more…)

Kayaking Crazy Creek, Futaleufu, Chile.

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

Whitewater kayaker hiking to the put in

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Here’s a photo of a friend of mine, Matthias Melcher, whom everyody calls, for some reason, “Matze”. This was taken in the first few weeks of my time in Fuateufu, Chile. It had been raining incessantly for some time, and this little creek called “Crazy Creek” was running high. Matze wanted to paddle it (I think because it had the word ‘crazy’ in the name), though he’d never run it before, and never scouted it either. In fact, I believe maybe only one or 2 people had kayaked it previously (Matze’s a little bit crazy). (more…)

More photos from Osorno, Chile

Wednesday, April 25th, 2007

Osorno, Chile

hey Folks,

As the light slowly faded at the end of the day, I hung around this little park. There was just a great mix of people around, toddlers, teenagers, adults, old folks, the weather was great, and I enjoyed the mood. I saw this old man ambling through the park, pushing his cart, stopping, watching, resting, and walking some more. As he parked it here, in front of a small pool of water, I thought I’d take some photos. (more…)

Parade, Osorno, Chile.

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

Parade, Osorno, Chile.

Hey Folks,

I wanted to show another image from Osorno, in Chile. This was the first little town I stopped in on my recent trip down there, and I got an opportunity to go out and explore the town a little. I was very fortunate to see this parade of your people marching down the street. The musicians played with a vibrancy and a passion that was infectious. These kids absolutely LOVED it. (more…)

Poem, by a friend

Tuesday, April 24th, 2007

hey folks,

I’d like to post a poem a friend of mine wrote. He showed it to me tonight for the first time, though he wrote it years ago when he was only 17. It doesn’t have much to do with nature photography, but it sure is beautiful. (more…)