After a super successful commercial climb and bike ride of Mt Kenya I found myself wih 4 days to kill and a couple of solid paddling partners keen to get stuck into some first descents in central Kenya.  So a rapid (excuse the pun) mission was born.  James Savage, Mark Basso and myself headed out to run some favorite creeks in the area along with discovering some new classics.

Our four day assault saw us add an extra 5 or 6 top class slides to the already awesome Ragati river, a repeat run on the classic Maragua River, an epic adventure run on the Rubangazi, a sweet scout of the lower Maragua gorge, some time on the lower Tana and more.

Prior to the trip Mark and I also completed the first and sceond descent of a long unrun rapid, previously known as 'cricket' now known as Canadian Club on the Mathioya River.

I am now in the process of compiling an online river guide to central and western Kenya, this will have pictures, brief river descriptions and the all important logistics, expect to see this in the next couple of months.  For now I will leave you with some cool pictures from our few days boating in Africa.

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Pictures Thanks to Mark Basso, Michelle Basso and James Savage.

James Savage 2nd full descent of "Energizer' - Ragati River


Simon Coward - Pregnant Goat - Maragua River


Michelle Basso - Mathioya River


Simon Coward - Canadian Club - Mathioya River


Mark Basso - Bamboocha Slide - Ragati River


Mark Basso - First Descent of 'Mangina' - Ragati River


James Savage - First Descent of 'Bamboocha' - Ragati River


Mark Basso tucked for the hit - First Descent 'Shoosty Booty' - Nyamindi River


Simon Coward - The old favorite 'Meat to the Vapor' - Maragua River


Simon Coward - Powerhouse Rapid - Maragua River


James Savage - Laft line 'Big Willy' - Maragua River


Mark Basso - Pregnant Goat Rapid - Maragua River

Visit Marks blog at www.liquidbeta.blogspot.com for more images and river information