Come with us, Canyon Colca, part 2

The DEEPEST CANYON in the WORLD.
"At 14,339 feet deep, the gorge has been recognized as the deepest canyon on earth by both Guinness and National Geographic. Six people were on the trip, two in single, fiberglass kayaks and four in a tub-floored raft, captained by Jerzy "Yurek" Majcherczyk. It took the group five days to find sufficient water depth and over the following 11 days, it advanced only 26 miles, running what they could while portaging 21 times around Class VI rapids. On day four they lost one of the kayaks and flipped the raft, barely managing to retain their scant provisions. On the eleventh day, hungry, dead-tired and disheveled, they arrived in the oasis Indian Village of Canco, where they stayed briefly to recover before moving on to Arequipa. The sorry shape of the team and equipment by this time required 10 days of recovery before resuming their odyssey.

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