Feb 5, 2006

Rio Maquina Kayaking


Those suicide kayakers of the Himalayas should try some of those 50 centimeter (20 inch) rapids of Los Tuxtlas.
10 valiant souls on a gorgeous Sunday morning, set out to explore Rio Maquina near Montepio, about an hour from Catemaco, Veracruz, atop various shapes of rented sit-on-top kayaks. Only 7 survived.
Granted, most of us were novices, and we should first have practiced in a bathtub. This tiny little rio tumbled us from one rock to another, flushed us under trees, grabbed us with llianas and rammed us onto sand bars. Not one survivor arrived in Montepio scratch less, and many with at least one shoe missing. But, by god, we are all, well, most all, looking for the next river to explore.
The non-survivors found us again on the beach in Montepio where they kept restaurant seats warm for us and welcomed us with glum faces

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