Labels:bulletin board | daily | earth | gazette | sky OCR: Ra fting the Bio- Bio ONE OF THE CL ASSIC WHITEWATER TRIPS One of the epic Sobek discov eries, the Bio -Bio is South Amer ica most celebra ted whitewater run. Set amidst the volcanic foothills of the Andes with the still -steami ing peak of Volcan Callaqui dominating the skyline the Bio-Bio liter- ally explodes with rapids in spectacular natural pageant At first the gradient is gentle a.s the river ripples through soft rolling country side framed in the middle -distance by snow -crested volca noes incuding Lonquimay. Chilpaco and Liaima By the last half of the trip, the drops are swift and the ra ipids dramatic the now legendary "Lost Yak Milky Way, and Lava South our highly -experienced rivet guides terans of the Bio Soutr