![]() ![]() Before reaching the rapids, the barrel was struck by a cross wave and tossed 6 metres into the air before landing back into flowing water. He was immediately caught in the 68 km/h current and was drawn towards the rapids. climbed into the barrel and set out on his journey. The bright red barrel was lowered down into the gorge just upstream of the rapids early in the morning. would be using a 183 cm long, 720 pound barrel made entirely of steel. In order to prevent the police from stopping the event, the exact time and location were not given in advance. A crowd of 200,000 people lined the banks of the Niagara River to watch. conquered the Great Gorge Rapids and Whirlpool in a barrel on two separate occasions. Both of those times he failed to equal his father’s outstanding time of eleven minutes. twice made the strenuous and dangerous swim from the base of the American Falls to the Canadian shore. ![]() He also helped his father in the recovery of 117 of 177 dead bodies recovered. had helped out on most of his father’s 28 rescues, and had pulled an additional 28 dead bodies from the river on his own. had to fill the shoes of his father in order to carry on the dramatic multi-headlined legend that his very name demanded.
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