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The Entry Falls at Jirijirimo, Rio Apoporis
September 1943

Scouting the first rapids of Jirijirimo, Schultes climbed down over giant boulders and saw to his amazement the hardiest of plants clinging to the rocks in the midst of seething cauldrons of whitewater. Almost a decade later, Schultes would return and collect the plant with the Makuna.