Angel Falls, Canaima by a Californian fellow

[rmirandayopo]

Guys, wherever we said about doing a trip to Venezuela was written by Ned Bacon, you will find it at the Off Road Adventures August 07 magazine.

This first Californian guy (that I know about it) did the Canaima trail!!!
What are you waiting for? Just let me know when you wanna go there and let’s plan the trip!!!

BTW, Le Choza fruit drink:whoops: S/B Lechoza LOL!!!!

The gas prices, the Venezuelan clock, the food (arepas, cachapas, etc), the pretty girls, the malls, the speed limit, the roads, water crossing and the snorkels, mud, the old taxis cars (30 years old malibu’s, LTD, Plymouth) , the 80 series, helicopter support…all that stuff was presented by Ned.

If you are not subscribed to the Magazine, go to the closest 4 wheel parts store and get one…

I enjoyed the article and my wife is actually reading it, she wants to know what makes me laugh so hard, so she is laughing now…

I hope you like it,

Roberto

 

[rmirandayopo]

Part II
I’m disappointed, the Campisi brothers must know that air pressure goes up to 50-60psi on that trail. They also must know that 9-00 are the tires to use, not the fancy Mickey Thomson claws or the Swampers they used. This is not their first trip, what is wrong with those guys?. Anyways, the plane ride ($800) and hike in sounds like a interesting plan B. The author is amazed with the Land Cruisers (45 series)...

Roberto.

 

[FL cruiser]

Plan B isn't a bad isea either.
Took a plane ride form Margarita Island to Canaima. It was a 15 pass plane. The pilots were really cool. They turned it into an adventure. We were flying on top of the table that Angel falls was on. Then after we cleared the edge over the falls, he stalled the plane., let it free drop, restarted it and hauled ass up the the Canaima river flying just above the water, canyon wall on each side. This was a normal scheduled commuter flight. Very cool.
Took the boat ride from Canaima to Angel Falls. It was a dugout about 30ft long. It was amazinghow they got the boat up a rough and shallow river. Another adventure. Some areas of the river are too low to go with all the passengers. Twice we got out and loaded up into 45 pickups with wood benches in the back that they keep near the rivers edge, and transported us down river to catch the boat again. Once the boat got near the falls, it was another hour hike.
A spectacular place to go see!
The few vehicles there were either 45 pickups with almost nil body left on them or 75 pickups with about half their bodies.

 

[rmirandayopo]

I was able to obtain the online vertion of part I at

http://www.oramagazine.com/pastIssues/0807-issue/index.asp?article=cell-phones

however, no luck with part II...

 

[rmirandayopo]

well, this video will provide a better idea of the trail...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ih8URjtJuVA

have fun,
Roberto

 

[D'Animal]

I have read both part one and part two and just waiting for part three.

I don't know why I read it. It just make me want to go and do something like that, for a living.

I still cannot figure out how they kept popping the beads off their tires.

 

[SGT0311]

Back in 2003 I ran the Canaima trip... Maybe the first Coloradoan??? Valencia to Canaima, what a fun trip. We stayed in Canaima for three nights, walked behind the waterfall, saw Angle Falls, went to Kavoc...

I would go again in a heartbeat...

Vehicles on our trip, FZJ71, FJ70 and a FJ80.

 

[rmirandayopo]

I found a cool video about the trail...

YouTube - Video preliminar de Canaima

 

[Iguanaexpedition]

I just arrived from canaima , im having trouble uploading the pictures but I wil have them soon!