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?