John Frieh Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 186 feet Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Sweet John, is that your new WOTD? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Frieh Posted May 14, 2009 Author Share Posted May 14, 2009 By WOTD do you mean Workout of the day? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Yeah. To train for this ride the guy had to put a firehose in his mouth while getting kicked in the stomach by donkeys. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete_H Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Shit I've gone tubin' down bigger falls then that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Frieh Posted May 14, 2009 Author Share Posted May 14, 2009 No... I'm still trying to pass the 300 Fuck You test. Speaking of... WSJ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Off_White Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 Pfft, we used to drop that rig in boy scout canoes all back in teh day 'n shit. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pete_H Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 No... I'm still trying to pass the 300 Fuck You test. Hey I know of this great seminar that might be of help ... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olyclimber Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 No... I'm still trying to pass the 300 Fuck You test. Hey I know of this great seminar that might be of help ... [video:youtube]K853GykeGH0 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted May 14, 2009 Share Posted May 14, 2009 To get a 186 foot high waterfall on the Palouse I think you need to build your own, cause that place is like a little bit of Saskatchewan in WA.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayB Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 I have conclusive evidence that proves that you can tear through a few inches of rib cartilage by hitting a drop that's many, many times smaller than that. Incredible. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 I only kayaked (on super easy things) a couple times while living in that region. I did know quite a few really good kayakers who did all kinds of rad things around there. Of course that was the 80s. Times sure have changed. That's a pretty incredible thing to launch off of. Party time in Moscow. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
CollinWoods Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Thats awsome. Thanks for sharing. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
pindude Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 YEAH! Palouse Falls in spring: I'd been waiting to see this video: been working too hard and didn't know it had hit the intertubez yet. Thanks for posting John. Lots of folks including me at first couldn't believe this 186-foot drop, and certain reporters, including the local ones, initially held off reporting it without photos or video. Hope Tyler Bradt is making something from it. This drop is so far beyond what was previously done, it's into outer space with the astronauts on the Space Shuttle. Previous record was 127 feet done just the month prior, by Pedro Olivia in Brazil--that was a huge deal at the time because Olivia had just "shattered" Bradt's previous record drop of 107 feet done in 2007. I remember when Seattle kayaker Tao Berman about 10 years ago dropped off Johnston Falls (of Johnston Canyon ice climbing fame), at 98 feet, and that was a big deal then. Sign at Palouse Falls says it's 198 feet, so it's somewhat possible Bradt's drop could be longer than the 186 feet they measured by dropping a rope, then "stepping it off" (according to Bradt) after they pulled it up. A few years ago I helped to clean off some used-to-be-prominent graffiti on the rocks to the left of the falls as you're looking at it from the tourist's main view: Palouse Falls (pronounced "pah-loose," not "pay-loose") is such an awesome drop I can't imagine even a second person attempting it to survive. Unlike Olivia, who rolled over 180 degrees and landed smack on his top deck, Bradt entered in nose-first with his torso as close as he could get it onto his front deck, like a diver. The force was so great he slammed his back against the back deck of his boat and had the wind knocked out of him for about 90 seconds, but he survived with relatively no injuries. I hope we don't see any more record descent attempts soon, for obvious reasons. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
PhöQ Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Rad...period! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JayB Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 FWIW the height of Niagara falls is listed (first hit on Google anyway) at 183 feet. Obviously way more volume on Niagara, but that should give everyone a clear reference for the magnitude of this drop. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Frieh Posted May 15, 2009 Author Share Posted May 15, 2009 I need to poke around but there is a video somewhere of Tyler + partner if crime dropping a ~40 footer in a two person inflatable raft (both people in boat at same time). It's hilarious Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JBo6 Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Here is an 80 footer in a Goodyear innertube. Metlako Falls up Eagle Creek. http://therangelife.blogspot.com/2006/05/tuber-goes-big-other-stuff.html Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
sobo Posted May 15, 2009 Share Posted May 15, 2009 Read about it in the papers 3 weeks ago, and couldn't believe it then. I still can't believe it, even though I just watched it. Yeah, he fuq'n did it, all right, I just can't believe it. Insane, man. Fuq'n insane... :tup: I gotta wonder, though, what thoughts were going through his head as the nose of his boat dipped down over the edge... "I hope I don't die... Jeebus, this is fuq'n insane, man... I hope I don't die..." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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