Aniol Serrasolses is not a man who is afraid to try new things. There are fewer and fewer new things these days; records are getting impossibly difficult to beat, but the Spanish kayaker went to the end of the Earth to make a new one. He headed to the Arctic to drop the highest ice waterfall ever dropped in a kayak (here’s the highest regular waterfall ever descended).
Sure, the ice waterfall is a bit niche, but it’s niche because there aren’t a whole lot of people willing to do it. Red Bull decided that his attempt was going to be worth watching, so they sent a camera crew along to make Ice Waterfalls, a documentary that follows along with Serrasolses as he explored the rugged Arctic.
“Words fail to capture this overwhelming sensation,” Serrasolses said to Red Bull when the trip was in the rearview. “It felt like kayaking on an entirely different planet. Undoubtedly, it is the most extraordinary kayak experience of my life.”
The ice waterfall is a hair over 65 feet tall. Which, according to Red Bull, makes it “the largest ever recorded kayak drop from a glacial waterfall.”
Serrasolses, along with a small crew, set out for the Svalbard archipelago of Norway. Fellow kayakers David Sodomka, Aleix Salvat, and Mikel Sarasola were along for the ride, but Serrasolses had a goal in mind. They hiked over miles of ice to access a glacial river before tipping over the edge of the waterfall.
“We found ourselves in an ever-changing and completely unforeseeable landscape,” said Serrasolses. “We were well aware of the risks involved, but when you take in your surroundings, it all becomes clear.”
