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Drove in one day, hit the shelter with a lot of hope, what we thought was perfect weather conditions. >> we are getting there. whats our elevation here? were at like -- >> 3,700. >> 3,700 meters? >> woke up in the morning and made our way out to this peninsula that is two major tributaries that come together right as the alpine paramo ends and the highest jungle of the amazon begins. >> weve been gathering as much information about this river as we can, and were just having to separate this into...

Mileage, we knew turning around was less and less of an option. >> by mid-morning, thats basically when we passed the point of no return. >> ha ha! first out of the trip. that was scary. >> when we realized that on that day one, we only moved 2 1/2 kilometers, it was pretty obvious we needed to move faster. >> were probably getting into one of the steepest sections of this river. most of it is not runnable, so now we need to try to move, but

Was less and less of an option. >> by mid-morning, thats basically when we passed the point of no return. >> ha ha! first of the trip. that was scary. >> when we realized that on that day one, we only moved 2 1/2 kilometers, it was pretty obvious that we needed to move faster. >> were probably getting into one of the steepest sections of this river. most of it is not runnable, so now we kind of need to try to move, but slow and steady and carefully.

Were within 50 meters or so, and were going to hit this really steep stretch of river that we kind of anticipated might be at full two-day portage. >> the portage is basically a way around running a section of river. so youll put your kayak on your shoulder and hike around that rapid. >> we hit this relatively short section of river, maybe only three kilometers, but it slowed us down to a crawling pace literally because we were like crawling over giant boulders, trying to portage sections of riv...

Vertical miles of gradient in not even half the distance down the river. >> im so proud what was we did. and im proud of how we did it. you know, safely, moving through those dangerous zones, and descending one of the hardest sections of whitewater thats ever been done. i mean, i dont know how you measure these things. im not much for records. but yeah, it challenged the team to go out and paddle that thing. i mean, i think the numbers speak for itself. >> im really thankful for the opportunity ...

I had us at 10,800 feet. so were within 50 meters or so, and were going to hit this really steep stretch of river that we kind of anticipated might be at full portage, full like two-day portage. >> the portage is basically a way around running a section of river. so youll put your kayak on your shoulder and hike around that rapid. >> we hit this relatively short section of river, maybe only three kilometers, but it slowed us down to a crawling pace literally because we were like crawling over gi...

Half the distance down the river. >> i am so proud of what we did. and im proud of how we did it. you know safely moving through those dangerous zones. and descending one of the hardest sections of whitewater that has ever been done. i dont know how you measure these things. i am not much for records. but i challenge the team to go out and battle that. i think the numbers speak for themselves. >> i am really thankful for the opportunity to be able to put myself in this situation even if that mea...

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