Posts Under River Updates Category
Part of the challenge at World Class is how to capture the experience of the each adventure using available technologies. The Video Productions class, offered each semester at WCA, took this challenge and ran with it under some difficult situations. This being the first time WCA has gone to Nepal, everyone was excited to try to capture each moment, from… Read more »
Months ago World Class made the decision to keep with tradition, to not settle for the second best in our pursuit of educational purity, to seek out and explore the world’s remaining wild places, to research logistics and judge risk, to put in place an ambitious plan, but one that was well within the skill level of our organization. In… Read more »
The Nahatlatch River: Flowing from the more arid Eastern side of the British Columbia’s Coast Mountains, the Nahatlatch is one of many tributaries that drains into the mighty Fraser River. Fed directly from Lake Frances and from annual snowpack, the Nahatlatch sees ample flows well into the summer and boasts quality grade III-IV whitewater while other area runs have gone… Read more »
Check it out. Here’s Andy Morrissey delivering the goods with video editing and sick boating. As we enter into the beginning of May, the school heads up to Oregon, Washington and Idaho to finish out the term. SYOTR!
It was pouring as we gathered in Portland, OR to begin the 4th quarter of Spring 2012 with WCA. Water levels across the West Coast were skyrocketing and as we headed towards the Cal Salmon in Nor Cal, the green fields of the Willamette Valley were covered with standing water. Sheep sought higher ground. Puddles filled the interstate. Visibility became… Read more »
The road that follows the Salween River is one of the best drives in China. Rarely does it dip out of view of the river, giving travelers glimpses of the spectacular whitewater below, shadowed only by the muscled mountain range that spits granite boulders into the drainage below giving the rapids so much grit, character, and push. Take a deep… Read more »
The Mekong River drops from the Tibetan Plateau and bends around the base of a 22,000 ft. peak called Meili Snow Mountain before disappearing between two vertical rock walls that form what river runners call the Deep Moon Gorge. On a sunny day, World Class Academy passed through Shangra-la and Benzylan and took the pass over the shoulder of these mighty… Read more »
Every country has its power river. These rivers define the country where they are located and record the history and people that inhabit the land. The Yangtze River or the Jinsha Jiang (River of Golden Sands), is China’s power river, stretching from high on the Tibetan plateau to the populated epicenters of China’s major cities. World Class left Lijiang early… Read more »
After 23 hours of travel from Los Angeles, CA, World Class Academy touched down at the airport in Lijiang. They were met with blue skies and crisp air blowing across the 9,000 ft. plateau. This is the home of the mighty Yangtze River and the former empire of the Naxi people. At one point Genghis Khan crossed the river here… Read more »
Waterfalls: the object of dreams for teenage kayakers. With a more than epic stay in Turrialba, great creeking in Sarapaqui, and a healthy supply of stoke, the World Class Crew consisting of 8 students, 4 teachers, and countless cameras descended the muddy jungle slope to the fabled Pozo Azul. Saying Pozo Azul is a clean waterfall would be insulting and… Read more »
