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Tad Lo

The best huck trip of our lives continued today as we awoke to the roar of Tad Hang, the smallest falls in the Tadlo trio at around 25 feet. After coffee Lao and a baguette we geared up and hiked 700m upstream from our guesthouse to Tad Lo. Our ideal plan was to run Tad [...]

Friday, September 26th, 2008

Return to Hell - Upper Champi

Upon arrival in Laos and meeting the lads I was regaled with stories of their epic almost-a-night-out in the jungle. Both Craig and Lachie proclaimed no interest in ever returning to Upper Champi, regardless of the beauty within the canyon.
After a successful reconnaissance mission a day previous to locate a take out before the unrunnable [...]

Friday, September 26th, 2008

Return To Pakse

Sean and I have returned to Pakse with some unfinished business on the Champi river.
On the day Craig and I completed the first descent on the Upper Champi he lost his camera with our only shots of the white water. It was not described in much detailed but this section of river between the abseil [...]

Wednesday, September 24th, 2008

Big water 4000 Island’s on the Mekong

Sean and I have been in Dong Det (an island in the middle of the Mekong) now for a few days. What we have found here is an amazing place with more white water then we could ever achieve in the few days we have here. Big waves, some of the scariest looking grade 6 [...]

Monday, September 22nd, 2008

Two first D’s in one day, Sekong

We have just arrived back into Pakse to say goodbye to Craig and to head to Dong Kong after arguably the most fruitful trip of the expedition.
We took a four-hour journey from Pakse to a small and remote town of Se Kong, This area was heavily effected by the bombings from the Vietnam war and [...]

Wednesday, September 17th, 2008