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Archive Home > 2009 > April > 04 > One waterfall, one kayak and 127 feet to the bottom

One waterfall, one kayak and 127 feet to the bottom

By Jeff Barnard / The Bulletin
April 4, 2009

When Pedro Oliva got to the edge of the Rio Sacre in Brazil and looked at the big falls, there was no doubt in his heart that he would climb into his kayak and paddle over the edge — all 127 feet of free-falling drop into the mist of the pool below of it.

He and a team of kayakers from....

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