Yea, Kayaking! Well, you all probably have some idea of what kayaking involves, but i can tell you that you could be a long way off unless you actually take part in the sport! It usually involves getting into a short plastic boat with a small cockpit hole and throwing yourself down rapids and off waterfalls! At the moment, i'm only really going down grade 3/3+ stuff, nothing compared to what some of the older members throw themselves down!
Then we come to the professionals who will paddle down the hardest, gnarliest rivers they can find, and over the tallest falls! The current world record drop is held by Tyler Bradt of the USA who paddled down Palouse Falls, 186 feet of vertical white water! You can see footage of this world record breaking drop in Tyler's film: The Dream Result which can be found at http://www.dreamresultmovie.com/
There's only one thing I hate about kayaking, and thats having to get off the river at the end of the day! If it were possible i would just keep on kayaking for ever! Just the Exhilaration of completing a rapid or fall, and the adrenaline during the fact is enough to keep you addicted to the river!
Oh well, time for me to go, but look out for my next post!
EwanA
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