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Patrick Vallençant (540 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

meurs", translated as "you fall, you die". In addition to numerous first descents, he was responsible for the creation of the "Pedal-Jump Turn" and co-founded

Extreme skiing (391 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

the "windshield wiper" turn in the mid-1960s, and in 1967 made the first descents of slopes in the Swiss, French and Italian Alps that were previously

Creeking (2,428 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

heavy exposure to canoeing and kayaking. Expedition boaters seeking first descents will often travel to countries where whitewater boating is not widespread

Eric Pehota (392 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

1964) is a Canadian alpine skier, best known for his more than 40 first descents of mountains on skis, and his appearances in a number of ski films,

Ed Lucero (106 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Lucero is a noted American whitewater kayaker. He is known for making "first descents", including the former record 105 foot (32 M) Alexandra Falls in Canada's

Kasha Rigby (1,066 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

competitive skier from Utah. She is most noted for her many achievements and first descents as "the pioneer of extreme telemark skiing." Kasha Rigby was born in

List of ski descents in North America (502 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

This is a list of ski descents in North America which are notable as first descents or otherwise. It includes a number of ski descents covered in Fifty

Matthias Giraud (393 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

known for combining BASE jumping with skiing and completed several first descents and ski BASE jumps across the globe including the first ski BASE jump

List of ski descents of eight-thousanders (1,016 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

mountaineering, and also related to the sport of extreme skiing. The first descents can be traced to the 1970s. 1970: Yuichiro Miura (Japan) made the first

Steve Fisher (kayaker) (896 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

controversial Kickstarter campaign for a kayaking instructional film, his first descents, and expedition kayaking . For the Kickstarter campaign, he partnered

Paratroop Training Unit RAAF (599 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

In December 1942, the first course with 40 trainees began with the first descents made on 19 January 1943 from a Douglas DC-2. In March 1943, experimental

Marco Siffredi (919 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

has never been found. In his early years, Marco Siffredi made several first descents in the Chamonix valley before extending his horizons to bigger peaks

Torngat Mountains (1,061 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Drew Pogge in 2009 on steep skiing in the Torngat Mountains, notably first descents in Nachvak and Saglek fjords, as well as on the Caubvick massif. List

Lawrence Osgood (204 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

television programming, and kayaking several Arctic rivers, some of them in first descents. Works Short stories and essays in The London Magazine, Canadian Fiction

Richard Bangs (966 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

those early first descents. Sobek became a river-running exploratory company via which Bangs and fellow guides racked up 35 first descents. Sobek Expeditions

Royal Robbins (1,614 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

serious climbing. He took up adventure kayaking instead, completing first descents of challenging rivers from high mountain elevations. His early kayaking

Bill Briggs (skier) (607 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

equipment manufacturers and a global fan base. Bill Briggs also made first descents of other mountains in the Teton Range, including Middle Teton, South

Steamboat Springs, Colorado (2,355 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

started kayaking at age 12, was the first to explore a number of rivers ("first descents"), and successfully contended in playboating competitions. He died in

Tom McEwan (whitewater kayaker) (487 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

on the US National Wildwater Team. McEwan is credited with numerous first descents including the Great Falls of the Potomac in 1975, as well as the 1973

1st Parachute Battalion (Australia) (1,107 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

initial training with the newly formed Paratroop Training Unit. The first descents were made at Tocumwal in New South Wales, with the initial parachute

Alex Lowe (1,468 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

ascent of one of the most difficult mixed climbs in the Canadian Rockies First descents Hellmouth Couloir, Alex Lowe Peak (formerly Peak 10,031), Montana, 1997

Sylvain Saudan (889 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

ascent of high and difficult peaks but he is famous for accumulating 23 first descents, which includes the most difficult 18 descents known.[See (see French

Yarlung Tsangpo Grand Canyon (2,205 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Thunder". Outside. Retrieved 16 May 2019. Winn, Peter S. (5 June 2011). "First Descents of the Yarlung Tsangpo in Tibet". Archived from the original on 2021-12-12

Craig Calonica (320 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

leading pioneer of skiing in Nepal's Himalaya and has made hundreds of first descents. During the winter of 1981/82 Calonica was a member of the Everest Grand

Whitewater kayaking (4,071 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Publications in those days told great stories with awesome pictures of first descents but with little information regarding river conditions. The tough times

Futaleufú River (1,930 words) [view diff] exact match in snippet view article find links to article

Aparte". The Journal of Lost Time. Retrieved 17 May 2021. "History of First Descents". Rivers of Chile. Retrieved 17 May 2021. "The Futaleufú - The Story

Steve Backshall (4,212 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

of sunken cave passages in the cenotes of the Yucatan. They made the first descents of rivers in Suriname and discovered a waterfall that had no record

John Long (climber) (1,924 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article

branched out into diverse disciplines including caving, river running and first descents, extreme skiing, big wave surfing, trans-continental traverses, BASE

Walt Blackadar (767 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

typically of the Western United States and Canada, and soon he had several first descents to his credit. He was the role model of a whole generation of paddlers

Doug Ammons (1,172 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Doug Ammons has been a world class kayaker. He has accomplished many first descents, from the western states of Montana, Wyoming, and Idaho. Ammons also

Douglas Tompkins (3,382 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

working. Tompkins also became a skilled whitewater kayaker, claiming first descents of rivers in California, Africa, and South America. In addition, he

List of whitewater rivers (7,763 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

the rivers have recorded descents, and there is a vast potential for first descents. Kali River, section near Dandeli. Class III-III+ Cauvery, multiple

Sport in India (24,338 words) [view diff] case mismatch in snippet view article find links to article

Kala, Shalabh Gahlaut, and John Pollard. Many of them have notched first descents (similar to climbing ascents) on rivers in India and Nepal. "Bangalore