Paddlers Going Big

pacifichigh · Since 11 May 2005 1004 Posts ATX Texan

http://www.denverpost.com/extremes/ci_6922295

Mark · Fri Sep 21, 07 6:59 am

pdxmonkeyboy · Fri Sep 21, 07 1:44 pm

Paddler discovered to have no brain!! news at 11:00

chefjaredagcc · Since 12 Jul 2007 106 Posts Seaside Stoked

probobly not the best idea, and what about the guy that threw rock, does he still have to go if scissors dies???

groundclown · Since 12 May 2007 135 Posts Hood River Stoked

Local kiter David Grove droped 101' on Eagle creek's Metlako falls
http://www.canoekayak.com/features/paddling-news/ballsgrove/

http://www.wetdawg.com/pages/whitewater/kayaking_waterfall_record/index_ww.php

Gman · Since 11 Feb 2006 4911 Posts Portland Unstrapped

Expecting the "most ferocious, heinous hit of my life," Sturges described the splashdown as "amazingly soft, like falling into a bunch of cotton or something."

all good till you get stuffed - remember reading an accident report (used to be into this) of a boater getting folded in half as he wedged between rocks after going over a big drop - he said he knew he was in trouble when his eye sockets filled with blood (broke his back).

pjc · Since 06 Mar 2005 649 Posts Addicted

isn't that sort like kiters rigging oversized kites and having a "biggest jump" contest?

this stuff requires way more skill and doesn't disqualify your life insurance policy.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DnfrHEcEFqw

genek · Since 21 Jul 2006 2165 Posts East Po KGB

Where's the video of the waterfall drop? It mentions in one of the articles that they got video...

pdxmonkeyboy · Fri Sep 21, 07 3:42 pm

Dude, look at this one.. I thought the willamette was dirty

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u822CADsON4

genek · Since 21 Jul 2006 2165 Posts East Po KGB

Damn, that is some crazy shit! Not much smaller than the Niagra falls (at least height wise). I like how they didn't bother showing him coming up further downstream or anything.