through this remote area, and it's going to be one of the steepest and most technical whitewater descents ever done. >> i thought we could put on and kind of start figuring it out, you know? that's what we're here for. >> well, the water's nice and cold, that's for sure. >> oh, god! this is so ugly. >> it took us much longer just to get to the put-in. we only had a few hours to get downstream. we're finally spending our first night properly on the river. we got really lucky. we're still in the paramo, and we found the very first grove of stout little trees. so we're going to make it