The PaddlerUK magazine September 2015 issue 4 | Page 49

“Of all the questions I get asked, ‘What is my favourite river?’ It has to
be the hardest one to answer!

“I have kayaked some amazing rivers and
whitewater around the world: the Sun
Koshi in Nepal during monsoon. In India
the Tsarap Chu and Zanskar Gorge,
Ladakh, Beas Gorge and Chandra in
Himachal Pradesh. Zambezi and the
White Nile in Africa. The Cotahuasi
Canyon and mighty Rio Apurimac in Peru.
Of course my home rivers of Austria and
the Giarsun Gorge section of the River
Inn, Switzerland, which is the section of
river we compare to when we paddle any
new river around the globe.
“However, what tops them all is the Colca
Canyon in Peru. A canyon twice as deep as
the Grand Canyon it is set in some of the
most spectacular terrain on the planet,
stunning whitewater, remote and
committing, just expedition pure!”

Steve Brooks

Colca Canyon, Peru

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