Northern Thailand. Part 3.

First Descent number 2.

Yesterday we headed to the Jae Sawn National Park, two hours drive outside Chiang Mai. At times we weren't sure our car was going to make it - using first gear all too often to get up the mountain roads. But we got there eventually and weren't disappointed with what we found.

The Jae Sawn has a series of six waterfalls. We ran number 1 only. The upper fall (number 6)was runnable, but ran straight into number 5 which had a nasty log jam across it, and no way to get out before. Number 3 will definitely go with a little more water to beef up the landing - as it was it was a clean 40footer into 4-5 feet of plunge pool, and not worth the risk.

-Josh running number 1 on the Jae Sawn-

-Me on the Jae Sawn-

Number 1 looked good to go, and after 30 minutes of throwing logs we'd figured the landing was deep. We had to abseil in from above with our kayaks, then we could get out on the lip and have a final inspection. It certainly looked bigger from the top - and a little trickier too with a nasty fold that could easily send you off line from the start. By the time Josh was ready to go we had a bit of a crowd gathered below the falls, none of them really sure what we were doing - but pretty shocked by what they saw! We ran it a couple of times each, and got some nice video and photos. The last shot of Sam hucking has Josh hanging off the side of the falls getting a really unique angle of the drop on film.

-Sam Hucking-Josh Filming-

All in all it was an awesome day and an awesome drop, and definitely worth a second look if there's a bit more rain.

Will.

Sam.

Josh.