El Horendo

It's all good now -- …the scary stuff is over. When you look at El Horendo it's a lot like Oceana, both look twice as scary as they actually are. Basically what I do is sneak down into the micro eddies on the river left bank. From here I just ferry across above the lip of the first drop, aiming to hit the diagonal hole in the middle of the river. You can either (1) spin around once you are past the diagonal hole and drop over the drop or as I prefer, (2) Ferry on across and into the river right eddy. From there chill out, scope the scenery and look for a launch pad about 5' from the bank. Go off of the left side of the launch pad with your boat angled left. Once you hit the hole at the bottom you should punch through nicely if you have some angle. Take a couple of strokes to pull you out of the maw and toward the left so that you can avoid the nasty little shelf on the right.