the amazon. big waterfall kayaking is not to be tried at home. we are professionals, we have years of experience under our belt. we know exactly what is at stake. but in terms of just going over a waterfall in your kayak or getting your kayak on the river, it is something that everybody should try. for anyone who tries it, it will be probably the most exciting thing they ever do in their life. but the excitement of kayaking over a waterfall doesn t come without some careful planning. going into this drop, we had no illusions about what could go wrong. we knew that pedro could get seriously injured. we also knew that there was a possibility that he might drown. the impact might be so severe that it could knock him out, and we might not be able to get to him in time. we would literally have, at most, a couple of minutes to get pedro out of the water, so we needed to be ready for him to be unconscious and to be able to get him out of the river if he were unconscious. contingency p
within five seconds, and apart from the broken rib he suffers when he first falls off viking, michael is somehow uninjured. you are playing with fire. if you get burned you get burned, but it is something i love doing and my family knows if anything does happen i m at least doing something i like rather than sort of something like that. michael is still riding bulls and holds no ill-will toward viking. he says it is all part of the sport. i think he actually intended to hurt me as such but he was doing what comes naturally to guys. he saw it as having a play. if you go through life too scared to try something, you might as well wrap yourself up in the cut wool. there s an old saying that what doesn t kill you will make you stronger. coming up, a kayaker goes over a 27-foot waterfall. i m standing a the pool at the base of the falls looking for some sign of pedro. i don t see anything.
united states. he started telling me about the amazing waterfalls and rivers in brazil. i m just going to lean back over. a year after meeting, the two planned the ride that would push them close to the danger zone. our hope is to salvage the new world record for the tallest waller fall run on the kayak. the previous is 108 feet, and to beat this they look for the perfect falls and come upon salto bello in southern brazil. we looked at dozens of waterfalls that were potential candidates. from the first time pedro first saw the falls he says it was the perfect falls. he knew in his mind right then that he was going to run the falls. he felt that this was one of the most beautiful places he had ever seen. he felt like this was a heaven on earth, a paradise. salto bello means beautiful waterfall, and that s exactly what it was. pedro is going to make the run, and ben is going to catch the whole thing on camera. we are right on the edge of
pedro is going to make the run and ben is going to catch the whole thing on camera. we are right on the edge of the amazon. big waterfall kayaking is not to be tried at home. we are professionals, we have years of experience under our belt. we know exactly what is at stake. but in terms of just going over a waterfall in your kayak or getting your kayak on the river, it is something that everybody should try. for anyone who tries it, it will be, probably, the most exciting thing they ever do in their life. but the excitement of kayaking over a waterfall doesn t come without some careful planning. going into this drop, we had no illusions about what could go wrong. we knew that pedro could get seriously injured. we also knew that there was a possibility that he might drown. the impact might be so severe that it could knock him out and we might not be able to get to
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