Rodrigo send in this article… Awesome Patagonia Backer River Chile."Part 1"

By Rodrigo Tuschner

Hello Dear Jackson Family…
The trip to south cant be most better, the Patagonia of Chile and Argentina is incredible.
We drive for 3.800 Km. in 16 days to arribe in the magic Backer River, the Backer river is one of the most bigger rivers in Chile and run whit 55.000 CFS.
In the way to the Backer we visit the Gol-Gol river in Chile, the Escondido river in Argentina and the incredible Futaleufu river.
When you do a kayaking trip that long, the crew is something very important and this time we make a perfect team : Ema my girlfriend, my best dude Lj Groth, Evan Garcia, Severin from Europe and Juanito from Peru.
At the momment that we deside to do this trip, I was very interesting to know more and more about the “Patagonia sin Represa”. www.patagoniasinrepresas.cl This is a very big problem here in Chile, just because the goberment of Chile is ready to make a dame in the Backer and the Pascua River.
The big problem about this incredible Backer river is that the next 2009 are going to be built 5 different Dam that are going to be built on the rapid section.
Patagonia Sin Represas is fighting whit the big electricity company Endesa and they want to built the electric deam in the big Backer and Pascua rivers and people is complitly opositibe at this deam project…
After have the oportunity to run this incredible river I feel totaly sad just becuse all this beautiful place go to disappear and the future generation dont go to have the oportunity to run this aweseome rivers….
Tomorrow we go to the mistic Middle Fuy for continue Run The Shit… So very soon some cool more picture….
From the very end of the world Chile.
Rodrigo Tuschner.
Kayakpucon rider…