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SANDRA HYSLOP

Dreams do come true...paddling the Rio Baker

25/3/2015

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Looking up at the confluence Baker and Neff - Sebastian Hennig
For many years now it has been my dream to paddle the Rio Baker down in Patagonia, Chile.  After 2 trips down to Chile where, due to commitments with World Class Academy, I was unable to journey further south than the Futaleufu and with the threat of a dam imminent I thought I had lost the opportunity to paddle this unique river.  However, thanks to the work of opposition groups the “Patagonia sin Represas” campaign has managed to put a stop to the progress of the dam…for now.  This January I was able to join old British paddling buddies Lee Royle and Rory Woods along with a new friend Sebastian Hennig from Norway on an epic trip down to Patagonia and finally got to enter the imposing canyons of the Rio Baker.


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