Somewhere there is a 16mm film of the original. I have posted this in the hope that the owner of the original film will see this. If so, please tell me to take this off, and I hope you post the original. The world should remember these events in river running and the fight to save our wild river experiences. All I know is one of the paddlers was Walt Blackadar and the river was threatened by a dam, hence the film. Some time back in the 1970s. Huge rapids and even bigger balls.
The historical footage gives you a view of whitewater kayaking in the early 80’s. The first descent was in the 70’s by Chris Spelius and Ken Lagergren. This resulted in the arrest of Ken and the escape of Chris. For a complete pod cast of the first descent see exchile.com
There is a high-quality version of this video – check my other videos for the same movie in high-quality! Rough water sea kayaking in Baines Channel, Victoria BC during the first windstorm of fall, 2007.
This podcast is submitted as an assignment for a Sports Science (Outdoor Activities) degree at Bangor University. It is aimed at people who have recieved first aid training and would like to see it applied to kayaking scenarios.
I’m interested in kayaking, but curious about how it’s done. Do you first paddle upstream and then back down to where you started or do you paddle downstream and then arrange for transportation back to your car?