A few months ago, I saw photos and articles about a guy who kayaked over some 127ft waterfall in Brazil. Then, a few weeks later, another guy ran a 198ft waterfall somewhere near Spokane, Washington. Now it seems like there are more and more reports of people running waterfalls with dimensions once thought to be a death wish as people have died at smaller waterfalls.
Apparently, an extreme sport involving waterfalls has emerged and may start entering the mainstream in much the same way you hear about big wave surfers.
This article goes into a little more depth about kayaking waterfalls, and why it's really taking off now.
Sunday, July 5, 2009
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Nice to find a blog about waterfalls! As a photographer and Web site owner, I make my living hiking to numerous falls in northeast Georgia, Upstate South Carolina and western North Carolina. After a record year of rainfall in the area, waterfalls in this area are spectacular. But when rainfall was so low that most waterfalls were a trickle, I was attempting to document what had happened to a 100-foot waterfall when a group of teens from a Florida school rushed past me and climbed up the exposed rocks. It was unfortunate that they lacked the knowledge of the danger from a fall and the potential destruction of fragile ecology. If there's a message here, it's to respect waterfalls. Enjoy the view. Take pictures. But leave waterfalls as you find them. www.ephotos.biz.
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