Titikaka Lake Stand-Up Paddle Crossing 2024

Aug 24 - 30, 2024

The Event

The lake crossing was born and designed to offer an opportunity to paddle an ultra-long distance at altitude, immerse in the culture and heritage of the Inca period while sharing the stoke of stand-up paddle with the locals.

Attendance

Four Athletes have participated in the first edition, two locals: Silver and Nely Jallahui from the Uros Titinos islands, Seychelle Webster (world’s top SUP athlete from USA) and Rachel Masserey (from Switzerland, president of the organization).

Press & Media

Read more about the event on following media:

Sin Fronteras Embassy Suiza Gland Cité Stand-Up Paddle Magazine SIC Maui Post Radio Onda Azul

Interview starts at 31:30

Radio Copacabana

Interview starts at 4:20

Event recapitulation

Crossing the world’s highest navigable lake on Stand-up paddle.

As part of our goal and mission to develop stand-up paddle around the Titikaka lake region, the lake crossing was created to elevate the sport to a unique and high altitude while offering participants the opportunity to share their paddling journey with locals and immerse with the culture, history and natural heritage of the lake.

The journey

Daily Program
D.0Sat, 24 Aug	Transfer from Puno to Copacabana
D.1Sun, 25 Aug	Copacabana – Isla Luna – Isla Sol (18km)
D.2Mon 26 Aug	Isla Sol – Kasani (20km)
D.3Tue, 27 Aug	Playa Oro – Pomata (22km)
D.4Wed, 28 Aug	Villa Socca – Luquina (20km)
D.5Thu, 29 Aug	Luquina – Isla Taquile (15km)
D.6Fri, 30 Aug	Taquile – Llachon (10 km)

“We are glad, everybody could finish and that we had no incident during the whole crossing. The winds were difficult to forecast, we often rescheduled next day’s departure time. Decisions were made with inputs of local paddlers; we had a great team vibe and experience together. Paddling on the lake has something magical, a sense of connection to the force of nature, merging with the winds, water, sun and earth. These were the elements called out by our Shaman as he blessed each participant and board in Bolivia for our Day 1 departure.”

“You learn a lot about altitude, nutrition and recovery. The sun was intense, literally burning your skin in minutes. Although our pace wasn’t a racing pace, it remained a challenge to manage our energy level for next days”, explained Rachel.

A school activity introducing SUP to local kids in Uros was also conducted by the lake crossing participants at the end of their journey.

The two inflatable boards used by Nely and Silver for the lake crossing were left to the Jallahui’s for their personal training and for future school activities to be conducted within the Uros floating island community in Peru.

We are happy this first edition was a success and will keep working for the next generations to have access to this sport and to grow this discipline at 3,900m altitude.