waterfall
“Why am I doing this? … Why not?”… Read the rest
These are the words of the acclaimed Swedish freestyle kayaker, Anton Immler, just before he successfully breaks the world record for highest waterfall descent by rubber dingy.
[Via: Fred Norquist on Vimeo]
A Colorado man plummeted nearly 100 feet Tuesday while ice climbing The Fang, a gigantic frozen waterfall in Vail, Colorado.
Vail’s iconic icy tooth forms only on extremely cold winters. It can reach up to 120 ft high and has been known to have a base measuring 25 ft wide.… Read the rest
The Teton Ice Park outside of Grand Targhee Resort in Alta, Wyoming will be officially open for business Saturday, December 19th.
The park’s massive artificial ice waterfall, which is created by hosing the cliffs at Parking Lot Rocks with water from a 3,000-gallon tanker, is 100 feet wide and 100… Read the rest
Body Glove team riders Holly Beck and Chandler Parr climb and jump off of a waterfall in Fiji. For your own Fijian adventure, http://www.tuitai.com … Read the rest
Happy June! To celebrate the arrival of summer, we’ve decided to go with a waterfall theme for this month’s Friday Photo contest. And what better way to kick off the month than this excellent shot from Kauai, Hawaii, taken by Chris Bailey.
Chris scores a pair of the new Teva… Read the rest
Late spring has brought Portland some hot days, and as we sit in the overheated office (air conditioning is for wimps!) it’s hard not to think about cooler options. That’s why for June’s Friday Photo contest we’re going with a waterfall theme, in the hopes that they’ll offer some cool… Read the rest
Big props to Christie Glissmeyer who last month set the new women’s world waterfall record, by running the 82-foot Metlako Falls on Eagle Creek right here in Oregon.
Check out an interview with Christie over at Paddling Life.
Want to see just how crazy Metlako Falls is? Watch our friend… Read the rest
On Wednesday, paddler Pedro Oliva went over 127-foot waterfall Salto Belo in Brazil, to set the new world record for a kayak drop. According to the Adventure Blog, when he made the drop, Pedro reached speeds of roughly 70 miles per hour. Crazy!
The old record of 108 feet was… Read the rest
