wilderness, but often times you re the first people. reporter: the next big adventure? a 1400-mile paddling trip, less than 500 miles from the north pole. bradt hasn t lost his taste for waterfalls but he says he s not going to try to break the record. unless someone else breaks it first. it s amazingly adventurous stuff. i can t help but think, what propels you to do this, the risk of being hurt, drowning, dying, people s survival instincts sort of take over. yet you do this very dangerous stuff. why? there is no experience like it. i started kayaking at a very young age. it s been my soul focus ever since then, and there is the places you re able to go, the experiences you re able to have, and just the sheer thrill of being out on a river and running white water is absolutely unreal. and so it s that s my driving force. i just love it. every aspect about it.
over a 186-foot cliff. in eastern washington state. where are you, bud? oh, he s out, he s out, woo! woo! reporter: bradt, who grew up on a montana ranch learned to paddle as a young boy. his father taught him. he loves the rush of white water. in all, he s made more than 200 drops off cliffs higher than 70 feet. in 2007 he started a film production company with fellow daredevil rush sturges. with boating, and with the rivers around the world, you re able to put yourself in a situation that not only are you going to be the first boaters coming down this stretch of wilderness, but often times you re the first people. reporter: the next big adventure? a 1400-mile paddling trip, less than 500 miles from the north pole. bradt hasn t lost his taste for waterfalls but he says he s not going to try to break the record.
where are you, bud? oh, he s out, he s out, woo! woo! reporter: bradt, who grew up on a montana ranch learned to paddle as a young boy. his father taught him. he loves the rush of white water. in all, he s made more than 200 drops off cliffs higher than 70 feet. in 2007 he started a film production company with fellow daredevil rush sturges. he makes documentaries as a showcase for adventure and extreme living with an eye toward helping the environment. with boating, and with the rivers around the world, you re able to put yourself in a situation that not only are you going to be the first boaters coming down this stretch of wilderness, but often times you re the first people. reporter: the next big adventure? a 1400-mile paddling trip, less than 500 miles from the north pole. bradt hasn t lost his taste for waterfalls but he says he s not going to try to break the record. unless someone else breaks it first.
than 500 miles from the north pole. bradt hasn t lost his taste for waterfalls but he says he s not going to try to break the record. unless someone else breaks it first. it s amazingly adventurous stuff. i can t help but think, what propels you to do this, survival instincts sort of take over, yet do you this very dangerous stuff. why? there is no experience like it. i started kayaking at a very young age. it s been my soul focus ever since then, and there is the places you re able to go, the experiences you re able to have, and just the sheer thrill of being out on a river and running white water is absolutely unreal. and so it s that s my driving force. i just love it. every aspect about it. when were you kayaking people say i think that s runable. i remember that from the few times i ve kayaked.
that s bradt running his kayak over a 186-foot cliff. in eastern washington state. where are you, bud? oh, he s out, he s out, woo! woo! reporter: bradt, who grew up on a montana ranch learned to paddle as a young boy. his father taught him. he loves the rush of white water. in all, he s made more than 200 drops off cliffs higher than 70 feet. in 2007 he started a film production company with fellow daredevil rush sturges. with boating, and with the rivers around the world, you re able to put yourself in a situation that not only are you going to be the first boaters coming down this stretch of wilderness, but often times you re the first people. reporter: the next big adventure? a 1400-mile paddling trip, less than 500 miles from the north pole. bradt hasn t lost his taste for