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Errata for the Guatemala guidebook:

version 1.2d (August 2024) and version 1.3 (October 2024) :

* no known errors

version 1.2c (November 2023):

* Chapter J is misplaced, coming before chapter I.

* Parts of the Rio Blanco description are omitted (page 207).

version 1.2.1 (May 2023):

* Parts of the Rio Blanco description are omitted (page 207).

version 1.2 and older (August 2016):

* Río Candelaria, The Caves (page 306): There are actually nine caves, not eight. The old cave #7 is actually two short caves back-to-back.

* References to "nutria" should be corrected to "river otter" (nutria in English refers to the coypu animal).

* Río Motagua, Lower (pages 128-129): The access named Vega del Limón is more commonly known as paso El Chol. Also the sign for El Chol is currently absent.

version 1.1 and older (November 2015):

* Río Chisná (page 49): Put-In should be "upper bridge (420 m)".

* Río Nahualate, Lower & Bottom (page 64): Class/Length/Time should be "IV, III" / "9 + 16 km" / "1.5 + 2 hrs".

* Río Nicán-Xayá (page 75): For the TO, refer to the Río Coyolate PI of El Naranjo (not the highway bridge)

* Río Plátanos, Upper (page 140): Class should be "IV", not V.

version 1.0:

* Río Xab (page 50): Length should be "up to 20.5 km", not 30.5 km.

* Río Zarco (page 249): PI/TO/gradient are incorrect, should be "San Marcos (120 m)" / "main road (20m)" / "11 m/km".

* Cobán chapter map (page 252): run 185 (Chixoy bridge run) marker should point to the dam.

 

regards, Greg

 

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