mike horn down the amazon

towards the end of the 90’s i read an article about a south african guy named mike horn who had become the first person to hydrospeed/riverboard the entire length of the amazon river. the trip was close one 7 000km’s long and lasted 7 months. reading that article made a big impression on me & i was especially struck by the incredible mental fortitude that one would have to have in order to pull off such an adventure.

from there, my interest in mike’s exploits grew & i regularly followed his adventures via his website Mike Horn Website, which includes circumnavigating the globe on the equator entirely solo and without mechanical assistance, which took him almost 2 years to complete…

then, recently i came across some video footage of mike & a friend named cedric (dont know surname) running some whitewater in Peru which I think was around 1994. the footage is something of a ‘holy grail’ of hydrospeeding / riverboarding and includes mike’s world record setting 21m waterfall descent. the narration is in italian (anyone able to translate?) but if you ignore that & just watch the footage it is probably still the best video footage ever of the sport of hydrospeeding / riverboarding. i believe the filming was arranged by mike’s main sponsor at the time: sector watches. he was one of their “no-limits” team members. dont know the chap who put the footage up on youtube, but my thanks.

take a look and i’d be interested to hear your opinions…

read more about mike horn here: mike horn on wikipedia

Il y a quelques jours, une fillette de 11 ans, Anissa Houas, a succombé lors d’une sortie en « hydrospeed » (nage en eaux vives avec un flotteur, tracté par un bateau).

Aujourd’hui, un garçonnet de 9 ans, Anis, originaire de Drancy en Seine-Saint-Denis, est mort, heurté par un jet-ski, piloté par un membre de sa famille.

Si le motif raciste est logiquement écarté dans la deuxième affaire, les enquêteurs ne l’écartent pas dans la première citée.

Instead of talking about one extreme sport today, I am going to wax lyrical on an area which supplies just about everything you could possibly want to do on an active summer holiday (we’ve already covered this region for the winter season) – Chatel in the Haute Alpes.

In the whitewater sports they offer canoeing (two-strong team), canyoning (jumping, sliding, daredevil abseiling), hydrospeed or whitewater bodysurfing (a slippery, fast, exhilarating experience), rafting (a 7km ride down the Dranse) and kayaking.

Then there’s bobluging… a 650m descent with 7 bends, an average speed of 7m/sec – definitely a fun-filled thrilling descent. There’s a chairlift to get you back up to the top. The bobluge is open from 28th June to 31st August – weather permitting, and closed over the lunch hour.

And then of course there’s the ubiquitous mountain biking.

The Portes du Soleil has around 650 km of marked mountain bike trails and seemingly endless single track to explore. Using the 24+ lifts that are adapted to carry bikes in the summer,  you have access, from Chatel,  to almost every resort in the Portes Du Soleil including Morzine, Les Gets and the Swiss resorts of Morgins, Champery and Les Crosset – this really is prime mountain biking country and  ideal for mountain biking holidays.

ffredt gives us an idea of what the mountain biking is like:

There are also many downhill mountain biking tracks. Châtel bike park is situated at Pré-la-joux and accessible by Pierre-Longue and Rochassons chair lifts, it consists of 13 trails of all levels of difficulty (including 12 downhill courses) and one “Cross park”.

The 27th and 28th June will see the  PassPortes MTB event celebrating its 6th birthday. More than 20,000 people have now participated in this 80km circuit. The event takes place at an altitude of between 1000 and 2250m and covers resorts in France and in Switzerland discovering the Portes du Soleil area and its fabulous landscapes.

You can check out the link here if you’re interested in taking part yourself:

There’s a second competition on the 3rd, 4th and 6th July called the Chatel Mountain Style contest.  Professional and amateur riders will compete over the 3 days on the 300 metre long “Face” course. 22 Pro Riders from all over the world have already entred the competition.

Climbing:

There is also a good range of climbing routes available in the area.

Plaine Dranse is an excellent place to learn with more than 26 routes, but its the Essert waterfall which will suit our readers I think. You can abseil and canyon at this 250m landmark, with two semi-wet and wet routes and six 30-50m descents. Plus the Pas de Morgins which offers 50 climbing routes of 10m-40m and with a difficulty level of 3 – 7.

Of course there are artificial climbing walls too…

And then there’s the Fantasticable…

This is for the thrill seekers, the  adrenaline junkies of this world. Dizzying speeds and astonishing heights in a ride that is unique in the Alps. Safely harnessed you can fly over the Plaine Dranse hamlet at nearly 100kph, 240m up. The length of the first run is 1,200m and the second one is 1,325 and participants must be no less than 35kg and no more than 120kg.

Watch TheBukakeMaster experience the Fantasticable. I love the superman music and the euphoric laughter!

And, of course, paragliding where you can go for a first tandem flight with a professional.

: Antalya Rafting : Fluß Rafting Ausflug in der Türkei :

Mögen sie  natur  pur ? dann ab in  die  natur am  köprülü National park, wo die  natur unberührt ist. Toben sie mit dem kalten wasser des köprü çay. lassen sie adrenalin aufsteigen.Sie werden am Hotel abgeholt und nach ca. 50 Minuten Fahrt erreichen wir den Köprülü-Fluss im Taurusgebirge. Sie bekommen eine Rettungs- weste und Ruder, danach geht es zum Startpunkt. Wir fahren mit 2, 6, 8 oder 14-Personenbooten. Die Raftingtour dauert ca. 4 Stunden (inkl. Schwimm- und Fotopausen).

Ein grossartiger Erlebniss in der Natur. Ideal für Abentheuerlustige und Naturfreunde. Gleiten Sie mit den Booten durch spritzendes Wasser und die weisse Gischt des Flussesund des Köprülü Kanyons, zu beiden Seiten einen wunderschönen Nationalpark. Sie werden von gut ausgebildeten, erfahrenen und professionellen Raftingführernbegleitet. Wasser, Sonne, Abentheuer, ein Mittagessen am Flussufer mit offenem Buffet undBarbeque und viel Spass erwartet Sie. Bei keiner anderen Sportart erlebt man so vieles. Weil man selbst körperlich und geistig gefordert wird, bleiben auch keine Zeit für Langeweile.

Programmablauf :

*Abholung der Gäste vom Hotel  * Fahrt mit dem Bus zum Treffpunkt  * Info über Rafting * Raften im Wildwasser  * Mittagessen

*Raften im Wildwasser  * Rückfahrt mit dem Bus zurück zum Hotel.

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