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Jackson Dane, champion Kayaker goes over 134 ft waterfall.

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Feb 12, 2020 09:09:15 #

Country Boy Loc: Beckley, WV

And in which paper will we find the obituary?

Feb 12, 2020 09:52:13 #

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

From the comments, I understand the reactions range from Crazy to Wow.
Glad it was worth a "look".
Mark

Feb 12, 2020 09:56:12 #

Jimsr Loc: Washington County, KY

Thanks for posting this. I had the opportunity to paddle with Dane when he was 12, it was a fairly large group with his father and sister there too (all world championship paddlers). We approached a very, very dangerous, death defying drop over a low head dam. I pulled in ahead of Dane in order to help him with the portage around it. To my surprise he did an upriver turn and skimmed the edge of the drop to scout it. He found a very small eddy formed by a small brace in the dam with killer recirculaters on either side. He went over the edge at an angle and boofed into the only 5 ft of safe water. Later had the honor of getting him into his first day in a regular school, had been hime schooled as his family paddled all over world.

Feb 12, 2020 09:56:22 #

RainierView Loc: Eatonville, WA

He's as crazy as the ones that went over Niagara Falls in a barrel. At least he could have some control and see his plunge.

Feb 12, 2020 09:56:32 #

cytafex Loc: Clarksburg MA

Amazing, but that isn't the record, Tyler Brandt ran Palouse Falls at 189 feet back in 2010. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uNXh9gXDd2Y&feature=emb_logo

Feb 12, 2020 10:12:20 #

Blair Shaw Jr Loc: Dunnellon,Florida

markngolf wrote:

This is crazy, amazing, beautiful, daring and courageous. Wonderful video photography.

From NYTimes:
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/02/10/sports/kayak-waterfall.html?te=1&nl=morning-briefing&emc=edit_NN_p_20200211&section=whatElse&campaign_id=9&instance_id=15891&segment_id=21157&user_id=854c7b50a6447efc2b9e717a51a2f1f7&regi_id=68671452ion=whatElse

Enjoy,
Mark

NO WAY JOSE.......NADA

Feb 12, 2020 10:21:37 #

jerryc41 Loc: Catskill Mts of NY

If only I had a kayak.

Feb 12, 2020 10:27:14 #

Cookie223 Loc: New Jersey

This guy is nuts! The biggest waterfall I ever went over was in my sisters pool!😂

Feb 12, 2020 11:08:43 #

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

Yes. Message say app no longer supported. Close “X” no work. Can see in background the word kayak. Only button that works is ‘get app,’ and it offers a short free trial. So much for NYT, I get all the news I need from our local daily newspaper

PhotogHobbyist wrote:

Link not working for me, anybody else having problems?

Feb 12, 2020 11:13:08 #

John_F Loc: Minneapolis, MN

Hey Jim Pops - tell what you did. My device is iPad Pro with iOS 13.3 .

Jim-Pops wrote:

I got it to work and the guy is nuts!

Feb 12, 2020 11:13:14 #

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

John_F wrote:

Might be a browser or virus/malware software conflict? The link works fine for most.
Mark

Feb 12, 2020 11:23:05 #

BobHartung Loc: Bettendorf, IA

markngolf wrote:

In any event truly a "death wish".

Feb 12, 2020 12:46:18 #

JohnM Loc: Springfield, Illinois

it worked fine for me but I wonder exactly when he questioned the wisdom of doing this in the first place? somewhere before 1/2 way down I bet?

Feb 12, 2020 12:53:37 #

markngolf Loc: Bridgewater, NJ

JohnM wrote:

it worked fine for me but I wonder exactly when he questioned the wisdom of doing this in the first place? somewhere before 1/2 way down I bet?

Apparently, according to one of the replies, he's a very experienced Kayaker who has done this most of his life. I suppose it's not too risky for "him". Makes me shudder in amazement.
Mark

Feb 12, 2020 13:26:23 #

Micdaro

Maybe he should try Niagara Falls.

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