China Boating

This page is devoted to the river running that I have done personally in China. To find out more about future river exploration, current politics and environmental awareness, go to Last Descents River Expeditions and Shangri-La Expeditions.

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1st D(escent) of Nu Jiang

Team members: Travis Winn, Jed Weingarten, Willie Kern, Oliver Deshler, Eric Southwick, Adam Elliott.

180miles (300k) of unexplored whitewater in eastern Tibet. Consistent class III, IV, V Only 12 portages!

1st D(escent) of Yalong Jiang

Team members: Travis Winn, Hutch Brown, Brian Eustice, Nate Ostice, Nate Garr, Franz Helfenstein, Adam Elliott, Chuck Taylor.

165 miles of unexplored whitewater in southern Sichuan. Consistent class III, IV, V, VI many, many portages on the last 2 days!

Boating in China with World Class Kayak Acadamy

For two months, WCKA travelled around China and the great rivers of NW Yunnan. Please enjoy the photos of what we saw and where we went. It was certainly a pleasure to boat with such skilled and enthusiastic young kayakers. We started out on a 13day Great Bend of The Yangtze, near Lijiang. Then travelled to the Mekong and finally the Salween along the border fo Burma (Myanmar.)