Travel Schedule - Spring 2009

• January 16- Arrive (arrange afternoon arrivals) at LAX International and board for Kunming, Yunnan Province, China. Arrive Lijiang.
• January 19- Visit The Nature Conservancy office/presentation and tour old town Lijiang.
• January 20- Treck through Tiger Leaping Gorge with Guide/Logistics Coordinator
• January 21 – 28 - Great Bend of the Yangtze River, multi-day trip w/ raft support
• January 29 – Take off Great Bend, return to Lijiang
• January 30 - Rest in Lijiang and share in a presentation with Naxi Cultural Preservation School
  
• February 1 - Drive to Deqin, Mekong River
• February 2-4 - Paddle Upper Moon Gorge of Mekong River, stay in Xidong (no internet access)
• February 5-7 - Hike to Yubeng and experience life in a roadless Tibetan community at the base of one of China's tallest mountain peaks
• February 8 - Paddle Lower Moon Gorge and return to Deqin
• February 9 - Drive to Benzilan
• February 10-12 - Paddle Yangtze above Benzilan. Stay Benzilan.
• February 13 - Drive to Liuku, Salween River
• February 14 - Drive to Gongshan.
• February 15-26 - Gongshan area (Gongshan sections, Maji section of Salween)
  Community service project in Dimaluo, stay in village two nights.
• February 27 - Drive to Fugong, paddle. Stay in Fugong.
• February 28 - Drive to Gudeng, paddle. Stay Gudeng.
  
• March 1-5: Zen Wave sections, stay Gudeng.
• March 6: Zen Wave sections, stay Liuku.
• March 7: Drive to Kunming.
• March 8-9: Unwind, repack.
• March 10: Group two departs.
• March 10-20 - Break
• March 20 - Meet in Missoula for Drive to California
• March 21-22 - Drive to California.
• Mar. 23 – Apr. 29 -Creeking in California
• Apr. 29 – May 10 - Columbia Gorge, Oregon/Washington
• May 11 - 15 – Crystal Springs
• May 16 - Best in the West competition.