Tyler Bradt is an American professional whitewater kayaker who holds the unofficial world record for the highest waterfall

Waterfall

A waterfall is a place where flowing water rapidly drops in elevation as it flows over a steep region or a cliff.-Formation:Waterfalls are commonly formed when a river is young. At these times the channel is often narrow and deep. When the river courses over resistant bedrock, erosion happens...

 successfully run in a kayak

Kayak

A kayak is a small, relatively narrow, human-powered boat primarily designed to be manually propelled by means of a double blade paddle.The traditional kayak has a covered deck and one or more cockpits, each seating one paddler...

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World record

On April 21, 2009 Bradt successfully kayaked 186 feet (56.7 m) Palouse Falls

Palouse Falls

The Palouse Falls lies on the Palouse River, about upstream of the confluence with the Snake River in southeast Washington, United States. The falls are in height...

 in Eastern Washington. "This drop was re-measured at 189 ft. A few feet taller than we had previously thought... " The freefall lasted approximately four seconds. Bradt had previously been the world record holder for his 2007 descent of 107 feet (32.6 m) Alexandra Falls

Alexandra Falls

The Alexandra Falls is a waterfall located on the Hay River in the Northwest Territories. The falls, the third highest in the NWT, form part of the Twin Falls Gorge Territorial Park and has its own day use area with a trail to the main campsite at Louise Falls, the second of the Twin Falls...

 on the Hay River

Hay River (Canada)

Hay River is a large river in northern Alberta and southern Northwest Territories, Canada.It originates in the muskeg of north western Alberta, flows west to British Columbia, then returns to Alberta, where it follows a northern course towards the Northwest Territories, where it discharges in the...

 in the Northwest Territories

Northwest Territories

The Northwest Territories is a federal territory of Canada.Located in northern Canada, the territory borders Canada's two other territories, Yukon to the west and Nunavut to the east, and three provinces: British Columbia to the southwest, and Alberta and Saskatchewan to the south...

. This record was broken by a Brazilian kayaker who ran 127 feet (38.7 m) Salto Belo of the Rio Sacre just a month prior to Bradt's newest record descent over Palouse Falls. Bradt suffered only minor injuries from this record feat.

Bradt's media agent

Press agent

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 released the photographs and video footage of him dropping over the falls to Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated is an American sports media company owned by media conglomerate Time Warner. Its self titled magazine has over 3.5 million subscribers and is read by 23 million adults each week, including over 18 million men. It was the first magazine with circulation over one million to win the...

, which carried a video of the plunge on their website. The May 18, 2009 issue of Sports Illustrated included the first published photo of Bradt's world record descent. Tyler Bradt and kayaker/filmmaker Rush Sturges

Rush Sturges

Rush Sturges is an American professional whitewater kayaker, film maker, and musician.-Early life:Rush Sturges grew up in Forks of Salmon, California, where his parents own and operate Otter Bar Lodge, a destination kayak school on the Salmon River. Sturges' upbringing at Otter Bar Lodge exposed...

included footage of the plunge in their 2010 film Dream Result, which they collaborated on and released in 2010.