CKS Squad Trip Report: Peru 2010 Patchachaca by Matthew Klema After getting off the Rio Apurimac, we (Matt Wilson, Ryan Casey, Evan Ross, Ben Luck and Nate and Matthew Klema) stopped in the town of Abancay on the way back to Cuzco. The Patchachaca is a tributary of the Apurimac. This small river flows into [...] [...more]
Trip Report by Matthew Klema: Peru 2010: Rio Paucartambo With the Huallaga done, the team (Matt Wilson, Ryan Casey, Evan Ross, Ben Luck and Nate and Matthew Klema) headed to Cuzco the famous jumping-off point for visiting Machu Picchu. Besides being the capitol of the last Incan dynasty and the subsequent Spanish regimes, Cuzco is [...] [...more]
Matthew Klema Reviews The Pyranha Karnali Introduction: Pyranha has had a history of putting out great aggressive planning hull designs in their creek boats in the last decade. The H2 and H3 and the Burn family that sprung from that lineage dominated their designs. I was skeptical when they brought out the Karnali as a [...] [...more]
Matthew Klema Reviews The AT-4 Play E Introduction: The AT-4 Play paddle is a great, affordable bent shaft white water paddle. The blade design follows the same great blade design as the AT-2 series but is made without the foam core. The result is powerful, responsive and proven blade shape made of nylon and carbon [...] [...more]