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Hi,
I am planning a trip for this summer to raft the Vitim river in Siberia with a friend. We both have very little experience with kayaks but between us a ton of experience in other extreme outdoor sports, certified wilderness first aide, etc. Basically very comfortable outdoors and in extreme conditions…new to rafting.
We plan to do a two day crash course in the Pyrenees (where we live) with a professional using whatever boat we choose to learn some basics.
The lowdown on the trip involves a 30k hike in with all our gear to the start point of the river. We would not hit a chance to properly resupply until 9 days on the river….so basically yes, we will need a craft that has storage capacity and is very light weight because we will be carrying it and tons of gear for a couple days on our backs. Our budget between the two us us is about $1000
The river is mostly benign. There are class II/II+ rapids here and there and one part that is class III (although we might choose to jump out before that). Basically, not a very technical river, but not devoid of white water.
We are trying to choose our boat now. We were considering a two person kayak style such as this. But we have also been told to consider a packraft and were thinking of taking two Voyager 2’s.
Being new to all this we have some questions…
Firstly, would a Voyager Two be suitable for a trip like this? Class II+ rapids, long distance, etc.
And being new to this, would we find it much more difficult to handle two packrafts vs. one kayak?
And what about comfort…its gonna be a lot of days on the river. Is there a big difference in comfort?
And lastly, I imagine a packraft would be quite a bit slower than the kayak style no?
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