Apologies for the delay but we lost access to our photo for a while. We have been home now a few weeks and started our talks at the Wet West Paddle Fest last weekend. Hope every one enjoyed it. See you at the Tyne Tour.

After watching River Zoo’s DVD, Top Grade, we were inspired to go check out some impressive waterfalls on our way down the Chuyshman. We found the Kurkure trib with relative ease as a 30-meter crashing waterfall is visible from the Chuyshman. We hiked up with two boats to inspect this canyon of fun. We soon split up to find the waterfalls and it was not long before I found myself alone doing some rather sketchy climbing on the inside on the canyon wall. Every glimpse I got of this small volume creek made me want to push the traverse around the next corner. I did this until I got to a four meter boof landing straight into a six meter slide followed by heaps of drops some cleaner than others, I could climb no further……ummmm Did the Russians really paddle all this? The climb back was a lot tougher than the one there and I was relieved to meet up with the others who told me the waterfalls the Russians had run were just beneath us hidden in the gorge. We got on and did our stuff. A slide followed by two drops and then a 10 meter huck, I will let the photos tell the rest! It should be noted that a certain blond member of our team did manage to ’cod’ on the last drop and self rescue just before the 30 meter waterfall - nice one Ben.  Another exhausting but exhilarating day on the Four Borders Expedition. For anyone that fancies it, I would suggest a hike over the mountain to check out the yet unrun stretches of the gorge- climbing ropes are probaly a good idea!