 |
|
13-01-2011, 15:47
|
#1
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2011
Location: Alice Springs & Port Stephens in Australia
Boat: Silverton, 360 Express, 38' Name pending
Posts: 75
|
A Potential Darwin Award Winner in the Making
Hi Folks,
I first saw this on another forum I frequent, I think it is legit. If it is then this guy is 100% crazy. Just looking at this waterfall is enough for me thanks.
Highest Waterfall In A Kayak: 189 Ft. [VIDEO]
|
|
|
|
13-01-2011, 16:51
|
#2
|
|
Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Gabriola Island & Victoria, British Columbia
Boat: Cooper 416 Honeysuckle
Posts: 6,933
|
Wow. Amazing that all that broke was a paddle.
__________________
“We are the universe contemplating itself” - Carl Sagan
|
|
|
|
|
13-01-2011, 18:35
|
#3
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jun 2009
Location: Oromocto, New Brunswick
Boat: 1976 Alberg 37 Yawl hull 172
Posts: 395
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Mav
Hi Folks,
I first saw this on another forum I frequent, I think it is legit. If it is then this guy is 100% crazy.
|
Looks real enough to me.
Quite a few years ago a Toronto paper ran a front page photo of a guy who went off Niagara Falls on a jet-ski, wearing a parachute. Unfortunately, the parachute failed to deploy properly & he was killed. Seems like a silly thing to risk your life for.
Niagara Falls Daredevils: a history
A surprisingly large number of people have survived though.
__________________
Facts are for people who can't create their own truth. Fact.- Bucky Katt
|
|
|
|
|
13-01-2011, 19:08
|
#4
|
|
CF Adviser
Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Dec 2006
Location: Montrose, Colorado
Posts: 9,845
|
Awesome! Thanks for posting that. 
TaoJones
__________________
"Your vision becomes clear only when you look into your own heart. Who looks outside, dreams; who looks within, awakens."
Carl Gustav Jung (1875-1961)
|
|
|
|
|
13-01-2011, 19:44
|
#5
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Nov 2009
Location: Bellingham WA
Boat: 17' faering Ironblood, building 34' schooner Javelin
Posts: 305
|
Whoa, Mav, Thanks for posting that. I can't believe it. My heart was in my throat just watching. I know guys who do 20 and 50 foot falls and I thought THEY were crazy. OMG that was awesome!!!
|
|
|
|
|
13-01-2011, 19:53
|
#6
|
|
Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Eastern Tennessee
Boat: Research vessel for a university, retired now.
Posts: 10,406
|
He is obviously not married.
__________________
David
Life begins where land ends.
|
|
|
|
|
13-01-2011, 21:55
|
#7
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Sep 2009
Location: CO, USA
Posts: 33
|
That's legit, it's Tyler Bradt at Palouse falls, and over a year old. There are a number of other kayakers who have dropped falls over 100 feet, and rumor has that Tyler's world record was just broken in Chile, but to my knowledge no footage has come out of the new record. To me what the folks in the Vendee Globe do is at least as impressive as dropping a big waterfall in a kayak.
|
|
|
|
|
14-01-2011, 00:54
|
#8
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: May 2007
Location: Rowayton, CT
Boat: De Kleer Fraser 30
Posts: 218
|
I think a life insurance company would spend time fighting a claim had he not survived!
__________________
Work is the curse of the boating classes
Patrick
|
|
|
|
|
14-01-2011, 01:24
|
#9
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Mooloolaba, Australia
Boat: Farrier Command 10 Tri
Posts: 183
|
I don't know about this. I get scared just jumping in the shower and I don't follow extreme sports. But this one has my b***sh** metre screaming. 
|
|
|
|
|
14-01-2011, 05:44
|
#10
|
|
Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Sep 2007
Location: Eastern Tennessee
Boat: Research vessel for a university, retired now.
Posts: 10,406
|
This has me wondering, how did he know there was not a rock sticking out of the water hidden by the falls or that the water is not one foot deep?
Or did he not know and just took the risk that the water was deep enough?
If it's the latter then yeah, he was definitely a candidate for a Darwin award.
__________________
David
Life begins where land ends.
|
|
|
|
|
14-01-2011, 07:34
|
#11
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Dec 2007
Boat: Mahe 36, Helia 44 Evo, MY 37
Posts: 5,731
|
Yes, but now that he survived he will not receive the Darwin Award.
|
|
|
|
|
14-01-2011, 08:08
|
#12
|
|
Moderator Emeritus
Join Date: Jan 2010
Location: Gabriola Island & Victoria, British Columbia
Boat: Cooper 416 Honeysuckle
Posts: 6,933
|
They obviously spent a lot of time researching the falls. Still you can't know for sure that you're not going to get held under and drowned or that there is a rock they haven't seen. This is part of a movie about other extreme "adventures" that a couple of young men have embarked on.
Dream Result Movie
Tyler Bradt did sprain his wrist apparently.
__________________
“We are the universe contemplating itself” - Carl Sagan
|
|
|
|
|
14-01-2011, 08:35
|
#13
|
|
CF Adviser
Join Date: Dec 2008
Location: sausalito
Boat: 14 meter sloop
Posts: 7,260
|
if you want to see him doing some other drops, check this out.
movies :: [ river roots ] :: Nomads of Earth
__________________
cruising is entirely about showing up--in boat shoes.
|
|
|
|
|
14-01-2011, 11:46
|
#14
|
|
Moderator
Join Date: Aug 2009
Location: Solent, England
Boat: Moody 31
Posts: 17,806
|
None boaty and perhaps not such an adrenalin rush, but still sweaty palms for those watching and perhaps even worse because it just goes on and on, enjoy
http://www.liveleak.com/mp53/player....0365%26embed=1
Who is climbing their mast this weekend 
Pete
|
|
|
|
|
14-01-2011, 13:46
|
#15
|
|
Registered User
Join Date: Oct 2009
Location: Brockville,Ont.
Boat: Mirage 25 "Garfield"
Posts: 137
|
Quote:
Originally Posted by Pete7
|
I got dizzy watching that one!
|
|
|
|
|
|
| Thread Tools |
Search this Thread |
|
|
|
| Display Modes |
Rate This Thread |
 Linear Mode
|
|
Posting Rules
|
You may not post new threads
You may not post replies
You may not post attachments
You may not edit your posts
HTML code is Off
|
|
|
|
Advertise Here
 Recent Discussions |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
Vendor Spotlight |
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
|
