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♪ this is ridiculous. its so steep. >> yeah. >> [ bleep ], [ bleep ], [ bleep ]. >> oh! >> doing something that nobodys ever done before, theres no guarantee that your plans going to work. >> once you commit, there is no turning around. >> were entirely removed from civilization. >> look at this one! >> we know once we get there, were on our own. >> climbing. >> weve chosen to live a life that does have risks. >> oh, my god. >> one mistake, and youre dead. >> come on now. >> if you...

Exist almost anywhere else on our planet. >> the llanganates mountains is a wild place in that it is completely roadless. its vast, impenetrable jungle with 14,000-foot ridge lines going in, surrounded by a 20,000-foot volcano. the topography of this area is like none other. what were attempting to do here is basically be the first people, the first known group to cross the llanganates via the chalupas river. >> its crossing this part of the jungle thats pretty impenetrable. some people have tri...

On the hiking scale. >> the one thing about this river objective, nobodys done it. theres no map. theres no information. youre moving through this huge national park that doesnt even have a park ranger. >> the challenge of crossing the llanganates is only made possible because of the whitewater kayak. and so that becomes some kind of lifes accomplishment to have trained as a whitewater kayaker for more than two decades, to bring that to bear on one of the worlds greatest river challenges. theres...