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Madagascar - Manakazo First Descent
15/02/2008 - The Manakazo river proved to be the highlight of the trip; 3 days of high quality whitewater including slides, waterfalls and technical rapids. The boys put on this first d with only an old 250,000 to 1 scale map from 1969 (the latest edition available in Mada), with hopes of finding a bridge somewhere downstream and counting on their driver to find the same bridge. They arrived 3 days later successfully descending this classic section and leaving only 3 drops un run. Here are some of the photos from this incredible river.
Africa Revolutions Tour - Part 3 - Madagascar
29/02/2008 - The boys have been killing it in Madagascar. Lane Jacobs, Ian Garcia, Patrick Camblin, Rush Sturges, Capo Rettig and Tyler Bradt have just finished a month of touring the red island. Despite heavy rains from Cyclone Ivan, which forced the group to abandon their plans in the south, they've come away with a number of first descents and some incredible high water runs. Here are photos from most of the runs including the Lily (upper, middle, lower), the Mazy, the Upper Mania, the Onive, the Amboahatimony, the Ikopa, the Mamakomita, the Maravezo and the Laroka...
