I remember the dread, and the "what the fuck am I doing here" feelings I had paddling up to the lip of my first 20 footer. This drop right here is over 8 times higher, and you know for a fact that even if everything goes 100% according to plan, you're still going to be sustaining various unavoidable injuries from the massive impact with the water at the bottom. The amount of courage it must have taken to paddle up to that, and not frantically abort at 3:09 when he first made it past the horizon line and saw how far the landing was below him is utterly incomprehensible to me. I cannot believe there are people out there who are capable of managing their fear and anxiety while paddling stuff of this caliber...
wow. I've hiked there many times and cannot imagine someone kayaking over the falls. My mind is blown. Congrats you two! I'm glad you made it without injury.
Glad this was a good outcome! I used to be a ranger there and a member of the Columbia dive team reported there are huge rotating boulders below the waterfall which usually trap bodies. Changed my whole perspective on water.
There are some things that are best left to guys with bigger sets of brass than the average kayaker, Palouse falls is definitely one of them. Mad respect!
There are some things that are beyond the comprehension of people who don’t understand the intricacies. And as such, they are unable to appreciate the mastery of an art.
I've been waiting years for the full edit with title, ha! I remember when i heard about this happening locally and have seen snippets over the years. Thanks for sharing this, James!
There are times when I've been photographing kayakers where I want to be in the water with them, and then there are times where I am happy to be on the sidelines. I think I'd gladly photograph someone going down that waterfall
I know Tyler Bradt and Raffa Ortiz did it before, but I didn't realize anyone else had. Is Tyler still the only one to stay in his boat and not swim?@@jamesshimizu6522
At 3:17 you let go of your paddle and just rested your hands in front of you on the cockpit. Weren't you afraid that free paddle was going to hurt you somewhere in your descent? So you had to roll when you hit the bottom, right? and you did it without a paddle, or were you the one ejected and swimming?
Obviously it's not me in the video, and the highest waterfall I've ever run was 30 feet, but I think I can answer your question. So yeah even though it does seem like throwing the paddle right after going over the lip is dangerous, it's much more dangerous to hold onto it and risk it bouncing up and smashing into you during the landing, which would break every bone in your face if it didn't kill you. The thing you didn't take into account is how much faster a kayak falls then a whitewater paddle, which is designed to be light and have a huge surface area on the blades, so even though it seems like he was taking the chance of getting hit by the paddle he threw, he would have already landed long before the paddle caught up with him. Finally, yes there is a 99% chance you're going to flip running a waterfall like this, and yes a paddle makes rolling easier, but if you're paddling at the level required to run a drop like this, then you'll almost certainly have a hand roll that's just as effective as any other roll you would do with a paddle. You see that constantly when people run big stuff like this, because frankly you have no business running rapids that huge at all without an absolutely bombproof hand roll. Not that it makes much of a difference in this case, cause the water was so aerated that it would be hard to roll even with a paddle. Swimming out of the landing zone when running waterfalls of this caliber is pretty much expected, and therefore not seen as a sign of failure or beatering when you inevitably can't hand roll and have to go for a swim in the landing pool.
That's was awesome for a layman. Super rad shit. I do other rad shit, but it's weird that i have zero desire to kayak. Just nice to watch and admire! @@tankmaster1018
This guy had to have hit it ‘just right’-nearly exact to be honest. To be able to paddle against the force of that water takes strength and maneuvering unheard of. Lucky is an understatement.
I think my heart stopped I was so terrified looking at that thing. Took a few minutes off of my life. How do you fit your balls into that kayak? That was sweet, but here's my challenge to you. Go back in time about 15,000 years and run it during the Glacial Lake Missoula flood. I've heard estimates that the flow was something like 386 million CFS. Supposedly it would have taken the lake several days to drain so you could do several laps. The water would have been traveling at about 65 mph, and the water would have been choked with ice, rocks as big as a bus, and whole trees, just to add a little sportiness to the run. Also, when are you going to run Niagara? That really was impressive. All kinds of respect from here. Thanks also for videoing it. That was really something!
How do you even position yourself in the drop? Holy moly, i saw you grab infront with both hands, but the rest of the body? Just fold yourself forward? I wonder who even came up with the idea first time "yea lets drop this"
Been there before and have seen that water-nasty as hell. All of the surrounding land is agricultural which is awesome, minus the fact that the runoff from all the cow pastures, the herbicides and pesticides end up in the river that feeds those falls. The water has a smell to it, there. It's common to see a thick layer of tan foam in the slower parts. Idk what's more risky, going over the falls or just getting in that water in the first place.
Darwin didn't fail us. Humans did. Just get rid of all the warnings, and don't help people when they get hurt for stupid reasons and evolution will truly only have the best surviving. Problem is we give a so called life support to the truly ignorant but if it was gone then only the best of evolution would remain. 🙂
There is stupid and there are idiots. I've just seen both. Broken backs, broken bodies, broken necks, RIP! Wow, so much fun. "Look Ma at the dummest thing I ever did"!
Not sure why you feel entitled to call anyone an idiot or stupid also was there any broken backs and after 33 years kayaking I’ve never heard of a broken neck. Fair play to all involved clearly had the team, equipment and skill required to run a drop like that. Also just to note it’s usually a good idea before you call people idiots and their actions dumb to learn to spell. “Dummest” come on 😂!!
@@IrishDougal It's a take on Dummy, like a puppet. Here is a thought, just because you don't know about it, doesn't mean it did not happen and won't happen again. It only takes that one minor glitch to cause a bad landing, but by then it will be too late. Ahhh! The idiocy and arrogance of youth!
@@josiatokirina1788 sadly the context that you’re now trying to say you used dummest in doesn’t really make sense and certainly not when taken from not only the quote but the entire message. As for all this nonsense that it might happen so could being hit by a bolt of lightning but that’s not going to stop me going out. There’s no arrogance here I’m just wondering why you felt it necessary to start a message by calling people names and to call me youthful when I’ve already told you I’m middle aged is pretty idiotic but I’ll take the compliment thanks. Finally I’m really not interested in reading anymore inane nonsense from you I only came here to tell these lads they did a great job professionally done and with no major injuries I have nothing but respect for them getting out and chasing their dreams!!!
@@IrishDougalSometimes being blunt about the possible consequences of an action can be eye opening. Especially when adrenaline is addictive and reduces someone's ability to step back and think rationally. I paddled with an expert kayaker who over estimated their abilities as a vulnerable human. He broke his neck and is now paralyzed. Just hoping my blunt words will keep others from doing "dumb" stunts and getting seriously injured!
@@josiatokirina1788 I think anyone who actually rafts and acutely paddles will agree that dying or getting injured out there is way better than anywhere else. Also paralysis is rare, and everyone in this video trained there whole lives for this so at that point it becomes a less dumb idea.
I cannot imagine the level of terror I'd be feeling drifting towards the lip of that drop.
Huge respect.
I remember the dread, and the "what the fuck am I doing here" feelings I had paddling up to the lip of my first 20 footer. This drop right here is over 8 times higher, and you know for a fact that even if everything goes 100% according to plan, you're still going to be sustaining various unavoidable injuries from the massive impact with the water at the bottom. The amount of courage it must have taken to paddle up to that, and not frantically abort at 3:09 when he first made it past the horizon line and saw how far the landing was below him is utterly incomprehensible to me. I cannot believe there are people out there who are capable of managing their fear and anxiety while paddling stuff of this caliber...
wow. I've hiked there many times and cannot imagine someone kayaking over the falls. My mind is blown. Congrats you two! I'm glad you made it without injury.
I wouldn't say without injury
“Yeah Im totally fine dude” *Spits out blood*
“If ever a Rock Paper Scissors game was to be recorded” 😂
Glad this was a good outcome! I used to be a ranger there and a member of the Columbia dive team reported there are huge rotating boulders below the waterfall which usually trap bodies. Changed my whole perspective on water.
Holy fuck….. that’s insane
I've been to that falls. All I can say is the courage of youth is a wonder to behold. I'm sure glad you came back up again.
There are some things that are best left to guys with bigger sets of brass than the average kayaker, Palouse falls is definitely one of them. Mad respect!
As an "average kayaker" I concur. 😊
There are some things that are just stupid not applaudable
There are some things that are beyond the comprehension of people who don’t understand the intricacies. And as such, they are unable to appreciate the mastery of an art.
That was epic, glad you're ok, thanks for taking us along for the ride
I've been waiting years for the full edit with title, ha! I remember when i heard about this happening locally and have seen snippets over the years. Thanks for sharing this, James!
How long ago did this happen?
There are times when I've been photographing kayakers where I want to be in the water with them, and then there are times where I am happy to be on the sidelines. I think I'd gladly photograph someone going down that waterfall
"Man drops down waterfall higher than ths statue of liberty and made that shit look easy"
the sheer confidence and normality in your demeanor blows my mind
James, you crazy bastard. 😂
I so haveta show my friends, this is extraordinary.
Glad you made it. That was wild. My uncles and many decades later a family friend didn't make it.
That was THE craziest thing I've ever witnessed!!? 😳 WOW!
phew - thick cold brown water flowing like syrup….most intimidating atmosphere ever.
thank you for sharing buddy! intense vibes for sure. G line cant believe you got ejected
That was terrifying to watch! Glad you came out alright!
Hooooly cow the skirt securing system AND the instant eject #powaaaaa
Didn’t know there were multiple to run this drop
4 as of niw
I know Tyler Bradt and Raffa Ortiz did it before, but I didn't realize anyone else had. Is Tyler still the only one to stay in his boat and not swim?@@jamesshimizu6522
I’ve cliff jumped around the corner in the summer time but never expected to see someone go over that was intense
I'm glad you're ok. I'm pretty sure my heart stopped watching you, lol. I love kayaking, but I couldn't do that. Goodness, what a rush 😳
So, what were the injuries? That kayak is just yellow, right? Not yellow and red?
thank you for posting this
At 3:17 you let go of your paddle and just rested your hands in front of you on the cockpit. Weren't you afraid that free paddle was going to hurt you somewhere in your descent? So you had to roll when you hit the bottom, right? and you did it without a paddle, or were you the one ejected and swimming?
Obviously it's not me in the video, and the highest waterfall I've ever run was 30 feet, but I think I can answer your question. So yeah even though it does seem like throwing the paddle right after going over the lip is dangerous, it's much more dangerous to hold onto it and risk it bouncing up and smashing into you during the landing, which would break every bone in your face if it didn't kill you. The thing you didn't take into account is how much faster a kayak falls then a whitewater paddle, which is designed to be light and have a huge surface area on the blades, so even though it seems like he was taking the chance of getting hit by the paddle he threw, he would have already landed long before the paddle caught up with him. Finally, yes there is a 99% chance you're going to flip running a waterfall like this, and yes a paddle makes rolling easier, but if you're paddling at the level required to run a drop like this, then you'll almost certainly have a hand roll that's just as effective as any other roll you would do with a paddle. You see that constantly when people run big stuff like this, because frankly you have no business running rapids that huge at all without an absolutely bombproof hand roll. Not that it makes much of a difference in this case, cause the water was so aerated that it would be hard to roll even with a paddle. Swimming out of the landing zone when running waterfalls of this caliber is pretty much expected, and therefore not seen as a sign of failure or beatering when you inevitably can't hand roll and have to go for a swim in the landing pool.
That's was awesome for a layman. Super rad shit. I do other rad shit, but it's weird that i have zero desire to kayak. Just nice to watch and admire! @@tankmaster1018
You always toss the paddle away from you. You don't want it anywhere near you on big drops like that. Bound to do damage.
@@tankmaster1018nailed it.
This guy had to have hit it ‘just right’-nearly exact to be honest. To be able to paddle against the force of that water takes strength and maneuvering unheard of.
Lucky is an understatement.
So how did it work? Did you get thrown out before impact? Or did your face smack the front of the kayak?
Rest In Peace to Tyler’s chastity belt!
😩
Awesome, congratulations
🚨 What’s the chance of getting stuck in the tumbling effects of the water under the falls and not immediately popping up.??
Did you get a bloody nose from hitting the water?
I think my heart stopped I was so terrified looking at that thing. Took a few minutes off of my life. How do you fit your balls into that kayak? That was sweet, but here's my challenge to you. Go back in time about 15,000 years and run it during the Glacial Lake Missoula flood. I've heard estimates that the flow was something like 386 million CFS. Supposedly it would have taken the lake several days to drain so you could do several laps. The water would have been traveling at about 65 mph, and the water would have been choked with ice, rocks as big as a bus, and whole trees, just to add a little sportiness to the run.
Also, when are you going to run Niagara?
That really was impressive. All kinds of respect from here. Thanks also for videoing it. That was really something!
Niagra is much more dangerous to go off. People have been doing it for a few hundred years and not everyone survives.
Soooo biiiiggg ! Sick lines boyzz
where's the follow cam? scissors guy just hiked down?
I was just watching a rescue of a guy behind a waterfall. I hope it is not possible to be trapped behind this one:)
Live in the area. When was this? Have never heard anything about this.
Dam thats pretty crazy!
Thats living right there!
did u get a massive nosebleed? cause the water turned really red there it looked like
That is suicidal
What could go wrong
How was that hit
Damn! No idea how you guys fit your massive cajones in those kayaks
absolutely insane!
How do you even position yourself in the drop? Holy moly, i saw you grab infront with both hands, but the rest of the body? Just fold yourself forward?
I wonder who even came up with the idea first time "yea lets drop this"
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Nuts! Seems like to big of a gamble with your life to me.
Pretty Ballsy! Well done!
3:10 scary as hell
How many people have died doing that drop? That was heavy
Zero, no injuries either
@jamesshimizu6522 what constitutes injury...
Unreal! Kudos
Сила! 👍👍👍👍👍
How does that tiny boat fit those giant balls?
Earned subscription!!!
Great video, was there any damage to your boat?
None at all!
What’s that contraption your cranking down over your skirt?
The “Chastity Belt” a skirt retention device created by Tyler Bradt to keep stop implosion under extreme pressure!
@@jamesshimizu6522 awesome, never seen one before. Thanks!
Dude has to be kayaking for rebull now.
And if something had gone wrong then once again rescue teams would have to risk thier lives helping morons. 😆
You had a great chance of dying and I am glad that you survived. Please don't press your luck again, son.
Holy carp! No thank you! That was gnarly.
Awesome amd crazy 🤪
The guy is NUTS!
That’s so gnarly
That's wild af man lol
F***ing RADICAL!
Wow, wild 😜
INSANE
Insane!
Awesome!
nice very cool
I couldn't see the kayak, your balls were in the way. I chuckled when you said you were fine with blood all over your hand.
Been there before and have seen that water-nasty as hell. All of the surrounding land is agricultural which is awesome, minus the fact that the runoff from all the cow pastures, the herbicides and pesticides end up in the river that feeds those falls. The water has a smell to it, there. It's common to see a thick layer of tan foam in the slower parts. Idk what's more risky, going over the falls or just getting in that water in the first place.
Algae is nasty on the Palouse in the summertime. Yuck.
My cousin lost his dog to that beast. RIP😢
Gnarly!
I saw someone's hand bleeding
Nutz!
Holly ......!
There are some things that are just stupid not applaudable!! How would those people that helped feel if he died? Just absurd behavior 🤯
"That is why no one will remember your name"
Broken nose?
How does your kayak stay afloat with 200 lb brass balls???
Nucking Futz!
A Send and a 1/2
Obviously his balls floated him back to the surface
Holy shit!
Holy balls! 🎉
Holy balls 🫣
Full. Sends. Only.
Crazy shit there , 🤪
dear mother of god...
He tossed his paddle and grab that kayak like a bull ha ha ha ha ha ha
Hell to the no …. But I can see the line
pretty stupid, reckless and selfish behavior!
shimmy shimmy
Good to watch... not for me...
I guess if you don't mind dying young then go for it, either way that takes some big balls to pull off and you lived to tell the story.
Do a flip!
Darwin failed us all.
Darwin didn't fail us. Humans did. Just get rid of all the warnings, and don't help people when they get hurt for stupid reasons and evolution will truly only have the best surviving. Problem is we give a so called life support to the truly ignorant but if it was gone then only the best of evolution would remain. 🙂
No thanks.
The only reason people watch these stunts is to see if the guy dies.
Now do it over Snoqualmie falls
Don't do it. Your life is much more important.
Lies
There is stupid and there are idiots. I've just seen both. Broken backs, broken bodies, broken necks, RIP! Wow, so much fun. "Look Ma at the dummest thing I ever did"!
Not sure why you feel entitled to call anyone an idiot or stupid also was there any broken backs and after 33 years kayaking I’ve never heard of a broken neck. Fair play to all involved clearly had the team, equipment and skill required to run a drop like that.
Also just to note it’s usually a good idea before you call people idiots and their actions dumb to learn to spell.
“Dummest” come on 😂!!
@@IrishDougal It's a take on Dummy, like a puppet. Here is a thought, just because you don't know about it, doesn't mean it did not happen and won't happen again. It only takes that one minor glitch to cause a bad landing, but by then it will be too late. Ahhh! The idiocy and arrogance of youth!
@@josiatokirina1788 sadly the context that you’re now trying to say you used dummest in doesn’t really make sense and certainly not when taken from not only the quote but the entire message.
As for all this nonsense that it might happen so could being hit by a bolt of lightning but that’s not going to stop me going out.
There’s no arrogance here I’m just wondering why you felt it necessary to start a message by calling people names and to call me youthful when I’ve already told you I’m middle aged is pretty idiotic but I’ll take the compliment thanks.
Finally I’m really not interested in reading anymore inane nonsense from you I only came here to tell these lads they did a great job professionally done and with no major injuries I have nothing but respect for them getting out and chasing their dreams!!!
@@IrishDougalSometimes being blunt about the possible consequences of an action can be eye opening. Especially when adrenaline is addictive and reduces someone's ability to step back and think rationally. I paddled with an expert kayaker who over estimated their abilities as a vulnerable human. He broke his neck and is now paralyzed. Just hoping my blunt words will keep others from doing "dumb" stunts and getting seriously injured!
@@josiatokirina1788 I think anyone who actually rafts and acutely paddles will agree that dying or getting injured out there is way better than anywhere else. Also paralysis is rare, and everyone in this video trained there whole lives for this so at that point it becomes a less dumb idea.
This was insane. I've done white water rafting before in Colorado but it was mild compared to this. I peed my pants for him. 😹