New York Times
In Remote Chile, a Paradise Carved by White Water The white-water outfitter Eric Hertz spent a lifetime searching for the perfect river. In 1990, he finally found it, in Patagonia.…
A River Too Far
THE JOO-MILE-LONG Futaleufu River begins as an icy trickle high in the Argentine Andes and picks up speed and volume as it roars across the Chilean border toward the Pacific,…
THE SOUND AND THE FURY
NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC ADVENTURE Futaleuf River Rafting, Patagonia, Chile March, 2016 By Maryellen Kennedy Duckett Thundering out of the Andes and across Patagonia is one the world’s last great white-water wilderness…
The Robb Report Collection
Patagonia's greatest whitewater adventure By Shaun Tolson The Futaleufu River’s Terminador Rapid can be heard surging from a quarter of a mile away. The class 5 stretch of whitewater cascades…
RAFT THE FUTALEUFU RIVER
National Geographic Adventure February 2013 No self-respecting whitewater aficionado would contest that the Futaleufú is among the greatest stretches of whitewater on the planet. For about 50 miles, this shifting…
ORGANIC CONNECTIONS MAGAZINE
Fed by lakes high in the Andes of Argentina, the Rio Futaleufú crosses the Andes—and into Patagonia, Chile—before it finally empties into Yelcho Lake. Along its journey, it creates some…
Fighting the Fu
By Paul Goldsmith American Airlines Magazine Time may be running out for adventurers who want to tackle Chile's Futaleufu River - A 100-mile cerulean stripe that roars out of the…
“Fu Fighters”
Cutting through the green, snowcapped Andes in southern Chile like a satin ribbon, the “Fu” is nirvana for paddlers. Along with mind-bending Class V rapids, the river has two unique…
VIVA LA MAGPIE
Adventure Magazine article on Earth River Magpie trip By Mark Sundeen May, 2005 “If the dams are built, it will be like Glen Canyon. People for generations will be wishing…
AMERICAN WHITEWATER JOURNAL
Saving the Magpie By: James McBeath,April, 2006 The phone rang on an early August afternoon. It was a rather distraught Eric Hertz. Before we even had a chance for hellos,…