Was out in the kelp beds off La Jolla California when I kept hearing a blow spouts and couldn’t pin point where it was coming from. I realized that the whale was right behind And close… I put down the fishing pole and started pedalling away , grabbed my phone and then it happened very quick. We had crossed paths or the whale had made a left turn directly towards me giving me a warning slap barely missing me.
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Tyler Bradt completes the World Record Waterfall Descent. This drop was re-measured at 189 ft. A few feet taller then we had previously thought… Tyler sustained minor injuries which included a sprained wrist and a massive hit.
The 70-year-old may finally have escaped New York. Knock wood.
Forgive us for not posting the news earlier of Aleksander Doba’s latest attempt to escape the gravitational pull of New York. We didn’t want to jinx him.
Doba’s first try to paddle from New York to Portugal ended last May with his 23-foot oceangoing kayak smashed in the surf just outside New York Harbor. His second attempt was turned back when an unexpected storm threatened to blow him back to New Jersey. Doba decided to return on his own terms, paddling into Barnegat Bay on the Jersey shore May 12 after four days at sea. He tied up to … More