some butt boater did a 186 footer

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 10:59 am

does that break Jessie record?

PincheLocoGringo · Post by **PincheLocoGringo** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 1:04 pm

Niagra is 173 feet. Jessie got beat by 13 feet.

marclamenace · Post by **marclamenace** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 2:06 pm

I thought it was 220 feet?

Anybody has a video link / article on it?

Marc.

Craig Smerda · Post by **Craig Smerda** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 2:32 pm

http://tribeworldorder.com/tyler-bradt- ... ll-record/

PincheLocoGringo · Post by **PincheLocoGringo** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:03 pm

Depending on what source you view, the falls are between 170 and 188 feet high. The heights appear to be completely arbitrary, with the higher heights belonging to tourism boards and the lower heights being more reference-based in nature. Nothing comes close to 220 feet, though.

Alden · Post by **Alden** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 3:15 pm

Unbelieveable. You've got to hand it to this guy, Bradt -- after all that talk in AW the other month, he sure went out and backed it up (if the reports that he was successful are true).

Alden

oopsiflipped · Post by **oopsiflipped** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 4:10 pm

The drop is about an hour and a half from here. I wonder if he ran the big drop above the falls or just did a park and huck. I hope there were some tourists out there when he did it.

cbcboat · Post by **cbcboat** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 4:57 pm

What waterfall was it?

oopsiflipped · Post by **oopsiflipped** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 5:39 pm

Palouse Falls

Craig Smerda · Post by **Craig Smerda** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 7:23 pm

dayumm... http://vimeo.com/4279854

the great gonzo · Post by **the great gonzo** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 7:32 pm

Wuz he in a ROYALEX boat???

TGG!

Craig Smerda · Post by **Craig Smerda** » Wed Apr 22, 2009 7:40 pm

the great gonzo wrote:Wuz he in a ROYALEX boat???

TGG!

nope... he was riding yo momma

Louie · Post by **Louie** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 1:17 am

If he had broke his paddle at the lip and his dress had emploded halfway down would he have been in a real boat at that point....naw your right it would still be a butt boat.

Alan B · Post by **Alan B** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:22 pm

Another little known "first" for Tyler Bradt, happened on the Grand Canyon last May. I was on a trip with him and other Montana friends. The night before Lava, the 6 kayakers on the trip decided to have a duckie derby at Lava. It was a SOLO duckie and each 'yaker would run his own boat through, then carry the duckie back up and do the run. Whoever had the most stylish run and remained upright had bragging rights and won the beer pool. After Tyler and Jesse Lakes did a successful NAKED, TANDEM run right down the middle of Lava. everyone else backed out... how do you top that? They did wear pfd's and helmets. Since it was a solo duckie, Tyler in the back, had to hook his feet on Jesse's thighs. They paddled like hades and made it look pretty easy. I was impressed... he still is kind of a pussy though, he never would paddle my Ocoee on the trip!

the great gonzo · Post by **the great gonzo** » Thu Apr 23, 2009 4:27 pm

Well folks, here's what a bored engineering type comes up with during lunch break:

Assumptions:

1) Weight of Paddler & gear 100kg (220 lbs)
2) Aerodynamic drag (tucked boater is assumed to same as bicycle racer, taken from literature): 0.9
3) Frontal area of boat & paddler (assumption is tucked paddler and boat vertical): 0.4 m^2
4) standard air density as per literature: 1.293 kg/m^3

Results:

Velocity of impact after 186 ft (57 m): ~70 mph (112 kph / 31 m/s)

Freefall time: 3.5 sec!

Terminal velocity is reached after ~590 ft (180 m)

: ~97 mph (156 kph / 43 m/s)
Freefall time: 6.6 sec!

Just as a comparison, going off a 30 footer (assumption is tucked position):
Velocity: 30 mph (48 kph / 13 m/s)
Freefall time: 1.4 sec.

All this will obviously change if the assumptions above change.

Conclusion: I won't set any waterfall records anytime soon

!!

TGG!