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title: Below and Beyond - Kayaking the Rio Marañon
description: "In September 2018 Plas y Brenin Instructor Jon \"Spike\" Green and Paul Cripps set out to self-support kayak 540km in 15 days down the mighty Rio Marañon."
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# [Below and Beyond - Kayaking the Rio Marañon](http://info.pyb.co.uk/blog/below-and-beyond-kayaking-the-rio-marañon)

 Written by [Jack Nicholl](http://info.pyb.co.uk/blog/author/jack-nicholl) | Jun 26, 2020, 3:43:58 PM

Back in September 2018, Plas y Brenin Instructor Jon ' Spike' Green and Paul Cripps set out to self support kayak 540 kms in 15 days down the mighty Rio Marañon in central Peru. Join them and various others as they explore this rarely paddled river that cuts a 3000m+ deep canyon through the heart of the Peruvian Andes:

 

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