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World First: Catalan Kayaker achieves historic 20-meter glacier waterfall descent

November 30, 2023803 Views

In a historic feat, Catalan adventurer and elite kayaker Aniol Serrasolses has conquered the world's highest glacier waterfall drop in the Svalbard archipelago, Norway. Aniol Serrasolses and his team embarked on a challenging expedition to the Svalbard archipelago, to one of the most remote places on earth, beginning with a 36-hour sea voyage from Longyearbyen to the Bråsvellbreen glacier. Aniol Serrasolses paddles the river on the Austfonna ice cap, Svalbard on August 6, 2023. Photo: David Sodomka / Red Bull Content Pool The team, including kayakers David Sodomka, Aleix Salvat, and Mikel Sarasola, undertook an 11-kilometer trek across the Arctic's icy expanse to access the river leading to glacial waterfall. Throughout their journey, the team faced numerous obstacles, includi...

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Wild Waters follows French kayaker as she claims a world first in Ecuador

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April 14, 20221212 Views

Frenchwoman Nouria Newman is a dominant force in whitewater kayaking. Her astonishing new film, Wild Waters, follows her adventure as a kayaking nomad, where she claims the first descent of Pucuno falls in Ecuador and becomes the first woman to bag a first descent of 100ft+ (30.48m) waterfall drop into the bargain. After years at the forefront of her sport, claiming first descents around the world, and winning awards and recognition for her intrepid expeditions, it was in making a first descent of the Río Pucuno in Ecuador that Newman broke this latest boundary. In February of 2021, she successfully dropped what are now known as Don Wilo’s Falls. Nouria Newman in the water with her kayak right after riding a 100 feet waterfall in Ecuador on February 17, 2021.Photo: Ian Avery-Leaf / ...