Pure Power | The Rhondu Gorge of the Indus

In November Dane met up with the California boys to experience a river like no other, the Rhondu gorge of the Indus. Flowing 86 miles from the valley of Skardu, it has become a river even the top kayakers of the world wonder if they feel up to the challenge. It's got insane power flowing down steep rapids, creating huge features, making every rapid a stout after the next. It's a river so big that the first question people get asked when they just completed the Indus, is "how many portages did you do"? Many of the worlds best kayakers often portage, usually between the 5-8 realm. This trip saw the Cali boys portage only 4 times, as well as see Dane get the lowest number of portages ever done, down to 1, by completing the first descent of the infamous Malupa rapid. It was an experience none of them will be forgetting anytime soon, and it's just one of the places that it's hard to believe we get to experience with our kayaks.

Edit - Dane Jackson
Voiceover - Kalob Grady, Dane Jackson
Kayakers - Dane Jackson, Johnny Chase, Evan Moore, Carson Lindsay

[saint]

I always wondered when one of these guys would have their luck run out. Bren orton! Skilled kayaker. Seemed like a lovely guy. Memory eternal my friend. May God keep you for eternity.

[berndhofmann]

This is one of the best kayaking videos I've ever seen. ❤❤❤❤❤

Great guys. Greetings from Germany 🇩🇪 😊 Thanks!

[Coachnickhawley]

This is some of the most impressive kayaking I've ever seen!!!!

[carsonlindsay]

Trip of a lifetime, boys!! Thanks for the good times! I still feel like I’m in Pakistan...

[smuir]

That was so flipping awesome! I can't believe that stuff is even runnable. That one where Dane is going down and the cross currents turn you almost 180 degrees each time, not once but like 3 or 4 times was an impressive display of ability!!!

[NouriaNewmanKayak]

Great edit boys ! Maybe the best one yet. Love the contrasts with off voice, funny moments and Malupa 🙌🏻 😱

[Count.Dracula]

Great job guys. This is arguably the most bad-ass, mightiest and most magnificent region of the entire planet Earth, and Indus river of Pakistan simply has no peers in the world. What a place.. What a gigantic, formidable place.. Oooffff

[jamesroh]

I remember driving along that river thinking that it would be impossible to survive running it. I am astounded to see that you boys did it!

[eashdn]

Wow amazing! In so many ways! Great composition, editing, let alone the skill and planning this kind of adventure takes to pull off.

[PatrickWilliamMartin]

Dane I love your work! Incredible kayaking, and the edit is awesome.

[ronactive]

Atemberaubende Landschaft und beeindruckende Flüsse, die vor Kraft nur so strotzen. Respekt für die Befahrung und die tollen Bilder, die ihr eingefangen habt. Grüße ronactive

[f_r_a.n_c_o]

The mystery moves are off the forkin chain! I want to send this someday for sure!

[lordofnothing.]

good god i'm glad i'm finally having some time to work through my back catalogue of kayaking videos i never found the time to watch.
this river is bananas!
(there is a lot! of what you paddle i'd feel fine too, but this is above my skill grade. mad props to you guys, this is sick)

[paddlingdeperssion]

hay guys, thank you so much for reaching a high level of awesomeness in your adventures, the inspiration helped me out of a bad place, but now me 35 and my son 14 just finished our kayak lessons and bought jackson zen2.0 on sale and redy for a new twist on life, thanks guys from high river alberta

[TheOneSpurs]

You brothers are legend.. i have seen first hand how powerful and scary the indus river is from the heights of K2 and himalayas.. unreal

[MomoFrank]

Very great boys. This is the ultimate life 👍👍👍👍👍

[EPICichiban]

Insanity!! Monster Gorge in Pakistan.. then back on the plane to the next insane mission! Nice drone grab @ the End

[GavinRieser]

Sick video! Excellent footage and we'll put together. Nicely done, boys!

[paulgray]

Just incredible people truly amazing.. I d love to watch a feature film on just the scouting, setup etc on just the running of the malupa rapid .. Ye people have really and truly brough the sport to another level in so many ways

[louheron]

great video of awesome kayaking in awesome hydraulics, thanks for sharing