Filtered by category "South America"

  trip days left: 12 straight distance left: 123,4 km Highlights: Nice wild river shore Lowlights: A freezing cold morning Pos: here Loc: Rio de la Plata Acc: tent Dist: 41,4 km Start: 6:55 End: 15:55 It is becoming autumn here…the morning was once more freezing cold with fog and a wet tent outside. I […]

  trip days left: 13 straight distance left: 157,24 km Highlights: Great speed! Lowlights: Pos: here Loc: before Ordeig Acc: tent Dist: 60,1 km Start: 7:30 End: 17:20 I was a bit hesitating this morning to go at all, it was again the dreaded SE wind fore casted. But “only” 11-15 knots – I stopped […]

  trip days left: 14 straight distance left: 208,8 km Highlights: Paddled with two guys together Lowlights: We had a little “accident”… Pos: here Loc: Montevideo Acc: tent Dist: 26,2 km Start: 12:25 End: 17:50 I worked online all morning until the guys were picking me up to paddle from my last spot to the […]

  trip days left: 15 straight distance left: 228,5 km Loc: behind Arroyo Pando Acc: Peter’s apartment in Montevideo More online work to do, and at I got a pick up for some press conference at 1.30 pm at the kayak club. South American TV stations are different to European ones, despite two of them […]

  trip days left: 15 straight distance left: 228,5 km Loc: behind Arroyo Pando Acc: Peter’s apartment in Montevideo It was a day for online business as usual, and I did a long skype call with Ricardo from SDK kayaks in Argentina and with Daniel Heft as a translator to coordinate all the arrival party […]

  trip days left: 16 straight distance left: 228,5 km Loc: behind Arroyo Pando Acc: Peter’s apartment in Montevideo The reunion with my partner Peter after 6 months was not really the best sleeping medicine, so I felt unable to do much reasonable office work today. We rather went to shop some food in the […]

  trip days left: 17 straight distance left: 228,5 km Highlights: Challenging nice paddle in strong following onshore winds Lowlights: Very strong wind too early Pos: here Loc: behind Arroyo Pando Acc: Peter’s apartment in Montevideo Dist: 35,0 km Start: 6:55 End: 13:20 I launched already into an about 15 knots SE wind, whipping the […]

  trip days left: 18 straight distance left: 259,5 km Highlights: Feeling paddling strong today Lowlights: Too lazy to write three updates tonight Pos: here Loc: Santa Lucia del Este Acc: tent Dist: 50,0 km Start: 7:00 End: 17:20   Not much to write today…feeling stronger on paddling, found another “jumping turtle”, and hugged the […]

  trip days left: 19 straight distance left: 300,1 km Highlights: Turned into Rio de la Plata! Lowlights: Not really in my best shape today… Launch: Low surf Landing: Low surf Pos: here Loc: Arroyo el Portrero Acc: tent Dist: 36,6 km Start: 7:40 End: 16:30 I had a tad bit ofa hangover this morning, […]

  trip days left: 20 straight distance left: 323,4 km Highlights: I camped with six Argentine kayakers Lowlights: I got heavily drunk at the campfire… Launch: Ugly steep dumper with extra breaker Landing: Low surf Pos: here Loc: La Barra Acc: tent Dist: 48,8 km Start: 6:40 End: 16:45 The wind was offshore this morning and […]