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Record-breaking kayaker plunges 38.7 meters down falls
www.chinaview.cn 2009-03-25 11:24:02 Print
BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhuanet) -- A Brazilian plunged in a kayak down one of the Amazon's tallest waterfalls and claim a new world record --38.7 meters (127 feet), according to media reports Wednesday.
Pedro Olivia, the 26-year-old kayak enthusiast, rode down the Salto Belo falls into the waters of the Rio Sacre at a speed of 70mph (113 kilometers per hour).
The stunt, which took just 2.95 seconds, shattered the existing world record for a descent in a kayak which stood at 32.9 meters (108 feet).
Hurtling head first to the bottom, he disappeared from sight as he plunged into a deep pool at the bottom.
Moments later he emerged, unharmed, behind the waterfall and was even able to right himself by grabbing onto a boulder formation.
"Although people have certainly perished upon hitting a pool of water from such heights, the team counted on the massive, gushing rivers of central Brazil to produce the softest water landings on Earth," said Ben Stookesberry, a member of Pedro Olivia's Brazil World Record Attempt Expedition team
Record-breaking kayaker plunges 38.7 meters down falls
www.chinaview.cn 2009-03-25 11:24:02 Print
BEIJING, March 25 (Xinhuanet) -- A Brazilian plunged in a kayak down one of the Amazon's tallest waterfalls and claim a new world record --38.7 meters (127 feet), according to media reports Wednesday.
Pedro Olivia, the 26-year-old kayak enthusiast, rode down the Salto Belo falls into the waters of the Rio Sacre at a speed of 70mph (113 kilometers per hour).
The stunt, which took just 2.95 seconds, shattered the existing world record for a descent in a kayak which stood at 32.9 meters (108 feet).
Hurtling head first to the bottom, he disappeared from sight as he plunged into a deep pool at the bottom.
Moments later he emerged, unharmed, behind the waterfall and was even able to right himself by grabbing onto a boulder formation.
"Although people have certainly perished upon hitting a pool of water from such heights, the team counted on the massive, gushing rivers of central Brazil to produce the softest water landings on Earth," said Ben Stookesberry, a member of Pedro Olivia's Brazil World Record Attempt Expedition team