

| Subject: | Re: Are there Kayaker's among us?? |
| From: | Mark Dearing |
| Date: | Sat, 2 Mar 2013 11:04:51 -0500 |
I am with you I used to run up and down the east coast running class 4/5 creeks and rivers in a whitesell open whitewater canoe. Had the roopf rack on my old 66 westy set up to carry 2 canoes and a kayak . Ran some crazy stuff but biggest drop I ever did was only about 20 feet. later mark d In a message dated 3/2/2013 5:15:16 A.M. Eastern Standard Time, dimwittedmoose@CFU.NET writes: I'm not a waterfall jumper, but appreciate the abilities of those that do this stuff. The current record for height(198 ft.) is over twice the distance of this video(90 ft.) The keys to successfull falls jumping are keeping the boat vertical during "flight" and making darn sure there's enough depth at the bottom so you don't piton the bottom of the river. One famous kayaker from S. Africa "pancaked" on his landing on a mere 60' drop and crushed several vertebrae. The tallest falls I've ever done is a paltry 13' drop in the Ozarks of Arkansas on Falling Water Creek, lbut I've also taken my canoe over that one..... I'll stick to river running and slalom racing for now..... DM&FS On 3/1/2013 10:40 PM, JRodgers wrote: > I'm sure there are. Here is something for them - and everybody else too. > I have taken my van up to this place - Noccalula Falls - for an outing > many times, but this vid is amazing. Usually the water is down - but not > this time. This was about a year ago. > > http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z132Np3ze2E > > John
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