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What do you all think is the most extreme thing ever run in a canoe?

Nolan Whitesell in the Niagara Gorge perhaps.

Maybe 1stD of Sunset Falls by Al Faussett ...


... in a spruce dugout.


(or perhaps something in Mexico by Louie)

Dooley ran the Raven's Fork, I think Eli ran it first though.

here's the link to the video it may be kind of hard to find, footage is great

http://gorgedout.blogspot.com/

Dooley ran the Raven's Fork, I think Eli ran it first though.

here's the link to the video it may be kind of hard to find, footage is great

This link should take you right to the video

http://gorgedout.blogspot.com/2008/12/c ... -fork.html

The problem with Dooley is he's so good he makes it look easy.

milkman wrote:Nolan Whitesell in the Niagara Gorge perhaps.

!!! How did he not get swamped immediately??

If surviving the run don't count then Jesse Sharpe has it hands down

I'd vote for Nolan in the Niagara Gorge, although Dooley and Eli make those steep creeks look easy. Maybe they can settle it by doing a round of "rock, paper, scissors"

How did he not get swamped? You'll have to ask Nolan. He does admit in the film that he rolled once. Perhaps that gave him a chance to empty some of the water. I've seen video of the entire run and it's absolutely amazing. It's like running four miles of Lava rapid in the Grand Canyon. I assume he ran most of it filled.

I think it's the most amazing run because he couldn't go to the river bank and dump his boat. He had to run the entire thing without stopping, without an electic pump.

cheajack wrote:If surviving the run don't count then Jesse Sharpe has it hands down

Sharpe was in a C-1... converted Dancer, maybe?

Still crazy as hades

Sharpe was in a Gyramax - there are pix of it out there.

i vote nolan

Yeah, isn't the Niagra Gorge about the most hardcore run in the US?

North Fork of the Payette in high water? Not me though, just sayin".