Kayaking Deadly Bolton Strid, Broken Bones in Abbey Rapids, Adrenaline Fuelled Low Force Waterfalls

[@jackasnacks]

I have been experimenting on the Strid this month. Cant believe that guy almost lost his life there. Very lucky your friend was on the edge to pull you out holy shit

[@karen-gq4zd]

Your experiments were the first I seen this morning and the first time I heard about the strid. Very interesting! Can't wait for maybe a weighted mannequin, or something of the sort thrown into the strid to demonstrate under currents.

[@kengregory1541]

oh not luck. Kayakers do this all the time we call it setting safety (friends on bank with rope, essentially, and hopefully training..). There are protocols, techniques, classes, specialised equipment etc etc. Its very deliberate. That said I bet he was a tiny bit alarmed when he flipped there.. 0.0

[@kengregory1541]

for example, Kayakers get stuck in this cave a lot. There's even a bunch of biners and rescue slings already attached to the cliff for just such an occasion. kzbin.info/www/bejne/mHXPe6qZjribrLM

[@kengregory1541]

Swiftwater rescue, its called. Might be good to know a bit in case you ever slip into that creek there while studying her... be careful! cheers!

[@karen-gq4zd]

@@kengregory1541 Wow, that was scary and intriguing! Good network and plan in place if needed. Thanks for sharing that vid!

[@flashyfernando3819]

Probably the first man to survive the strid first-hand while falling in

[@gongatots4115]

Did he fall in?

[@papilliondunuit4494]

would they have played this song at his funeral? Would have been a fitting tribute to his idiocy

[@dLoLe]

This must be one of the least cool ways to almost die

[@bigrooster6893]

You must watch too many fear mongers videos on this.

[@MrDmadness]

Yes this music is brutal

[@sonay191]

@@bigrooster6893 I’d love for you to go take a swim in it and upload it to KZbin

[@classicalmusic1175]

3:05 He would have probably been pulled under and killed without assistance. He should count himself extremely fortunate.

[@yeshuasage3724]

He literally owes his life to his friend

[@Getsum725]

Damn that Tony Hawk Pro Skater background music 🥲 classic haha

[@jstring]

Rather hear the water tbh

[@humboldtharry4248]

No shit, wtf were we listening to?

[@user-zb5tq3bs4f]

@@humboldtharry4248 Legendary ska punk band - "Goldfinger".

[@aimreyne8487]

😃🔫

[@MrDmadness]

@@user-zb5tq3bs4f that makes shit music

[@kenopsia9013]

superman is a great song, staple part of any extreme sport

[@sirridesalot6652]

So many people fail to realize that the Strid is a wide river turned on its side. It's quite deep in areas and has many holes or undercuts where a strong swimmer can be pulled to by currents and then held there for practically forever.

[@K1NDR3D]

Idk man isn't that literally what Tom Scott said about the strid? And that video has a few million views by now.

[@yeshuasage3724]

At 3:20 He literally owes his life to his friend

[@TheYorkshireBikeMechanic]

Besides risking your own life your pal risked his own life to save you, your so so lucky. Completely irresponsible

[@kingghidorah5213]

If they were irresponsible they wouldn't have asked people to stand there and help them if they got into trouble.

[@creeper8647]

I've been watching videos of The Strid for quite some time now, but I came away from this video with a newfound respect for it. It truly is deadly.

[@Eb-or]

The only man ever to fall in the Strid and survive...

[@boomerang105]

Yes it is true he survived, but he is in Kaiak, not swimming.

[@Crash-Rest-Yummy]

This is totally not worth it lol

[@connorcoultas9629]

For the reputation the strid has, if you cant make that class barely class III move in the entrance, you really shouldn't be paddling it..

[@kingghidorah5213]

Even the best make mistakes sometimes and accidents happen.

[@connorcoultas9629]

@@kingghidorah5213 I get that but it’s a class 3 move with class 5+ consequences so you better hit the move.

[@kingghidorah5213]

@@connorcoultas9629 yeah thst is true.

[@ryehester101]

Everytime i see this clip thats what I think. No boof stroke, pulls skirt in 8 secinds with one attempted roll, doesnt lean into the flow when ferrying out Wtf was this dude doing above something with fatal caves Sketchy beaters

[@connorcoultas9629]

@@ryehester101 Right! Like I get everyone makes mistakes but the moves aren’t very hard and he was nowhere close to pulling it off.

[@FarnakosBG]

Can you make a video of swimming in Lake Baikal?

[@scissoroarscissoroar3214]

I wish Mozart was alive to hear this music

[@MrDmadness]

Yeah its horrid

[@user-zb5tq3bs4f]

@@MrDmadness Hello my fellow Mr D. Please don't disrespect Goldfinger in my presence.

[@MrDmadness]

@@user-zb5tq3bs4f it's horrid. You think what you like

[@user-zb5tq3bs4f]

@@MrDmadness no soup for you

[@MrDmadness]

@@user-zb5tq3bs4f if the soup is as bad as this no tone music then I'm glad to not have any

[@gsmiley7449]

Well the Strid is not the same river when it's flooded, obviously. Paddle it at the end of a long dry summer, and see if you survive.

[@kingghidorah5213]

Well kayaking should be easier because it is much slower at the surface at least from whag i've seen in other youtube videos. I mean falling in is worse because you don't see whats under the surface but kayaking should be easier.

[@dailycomedydose_official]

He did survive, you jealous :DDD

[@Sure-wj1vf]

Disliked for music

[@R.ELL1]

The music ruins this so much....

[@danielgreen3715]

You were so lucky in the Strid pal !! Dangerous bit o water that!!

[@tima.478]

When it's this little reward for that high of a risk, I'm not interested!

[@monstersaint]

Well said.

[@kingghidorah5213]

I mean you can say that you've paddled one of the most dangerous passages in the world. And it looks like fun. But yeah there are rivers that are more fun and less dangerous.

[@melancholic8566]

Can you upload without the music? I had to turn the volume off.

[@84mogie]

Paddling The Strid is bonkers. From what I understand, and from what I've seen from footage, undercurrents aren't really the issue, it seems to be siphons and overhanging rocks that make it deadly. Very easy to be dragged under with the flow of water and not be seen again for months. In kayaking, we tend to look for the risk / reward factor. Essentially, is the risk worth it? do you want to die 'name chasing'?

[@ezedjay]

That was insane. The footage gives a good idea of what a brutal river that is. When that guy fell in at that narrow bit - you know - the bit that's been measured at 65 meters deep..........edge of the seat stuff - I was expecting him to just disappear when he got rolled.

[@Niiwastaken]

Why not make a solid cable above the entire strid that kayakers and scientist can connect themselves to? I mean honestly I feel like the amount of lives that this strid can take completely outweighs the cost.. (Or.. Another question I have is why cant we just dam up river so we can study the rocks below..? and then just remove the dam or keep it idk

[@terrywatts1060]

Why does the water look like coffee?

[@Hongobogologomo]

Because its full of mud

[@farky350]

Don't mess with the Wharf Strid, on your own you'd have died there like so many others. 100% death rate stretch of river in Yorkshire.

[@farky350]

@@craigparkin1912 the stat is correct, nobody falls in the clip. If you fall in with no buoyancy aid you're dead 100%.

[@DeadCute]

Battle of the Craigs

[@winstonchurchill5731]

This conversation should be up on Craigslist

[@kenaipeninsulawhitewater5650]

If anybody says something has 100% chance of happening, you can automatically smell BS. There are probably some potholes and undercuts in there, i bet its barely out of the ordinary.

[@connorcoultas9629]

@@kenaipeninsulawhitewater5650 It is very undercut and the entire bank is pretty much a sieve. That being said it certainly isn't 100% death, maybe without a pfd. But from my research it is still very very dangerous to be out of the boat.

[@deathangel5317]

I mean I’m a thrill dealer and one of the best swimmers there are in the world literally but having heard all the horror stories and untold power of the unassuming Strid….I’ll pass.

[@bessrock]

Really wanted to watch the video but couldn't make it through one minute of the music 👎👎

[@warrengooch6538]

Looking good fellas! A bit of boof stroke practice and those drops will clean right up. Stay safe out there 😎👌

[@iversonjcameron]

Darwinism does wonders

[@ChristelVinot]

Not in this case.

[@markturner1220]

Dicing with death! That bit of the river is 65m deep! Go under and you’re done!

[@user-zb5tq3bs4f]

You guys got Goldfingered.

[@aimreyne8487]

kinky

[@leoginty4820]

whaats the name of this song???

[@user-zb5tq3bs4f]

Superman - Goldfinger

[@MrDmadness]

It's called "hot garbage" by "some shit punk band"

[@user-zb5tq3bs4f]

@@MrDmadness it's ska band Bro. Tripper.

[@robertshea5159]

Who cares, it’s shit.

[@stevetaylor9520]

That man is incredibly lucky you lot were there!

[@anonymoususer20246]

3:20, he misses your jacket and your basically gone.

[@jeremyruh5219]

Great music, realizing he was dead if u didn't get to him. 200 feet straight down, and he was being sucked into it

[@michaelarrowood4315]

For all the bravado and the godawful obnoxious musical soundtrack - looks like the gentleman lost his battle with The Strid, and barely escaped with his life. Good that someone was there to pull him out, otherwise he would be just another Strid casualty once out of his boat. Idiots.

[@winter-survivor]

Why does this sport not use full face helmets like motocross helmets? It seems pretty easy to smash your nose/face on underneath rocks with these little helmets.

[@maskcollector6949]

They make some it’s just not common because you have to be half crazy in the first place and most people were taught without helmets, at least where I’m from (Missouri/Arkansas no one wears helmets hardly at all lol). I would still prefer a full face, but we take 12 footers (long boats) and usually don’t flip over unless it’s a total dump. You just had to paddle hard and duck rock faces lol. Undercuts are a bigger threat than anything else so being to swim uninhibited helps, not sure how that would be with a helmet. Life jacket helps, though, a lot of people don’t care to use those either. Skills and luck make up for a lot, I tend to agree on better safety gear being necessary, just depends. I don’t think I’d need more than a basic helmet for what I do, I’m more afraid of rocks I’m passing by around corners that I have to dodge above water. A chinned helmet might make it difficult to swim unless it was designed around it. Life jacket and basic helmet would help in most cases. The biggest missing ingredient I see is the lack of throw ropes. No one hardly knows what it even is here lol.

[@morbidghoul9654]

@@maskcollector6949 I rip down the Jack's Fork sometimes after heavy rain. Don't wear a helmet but have had some close calls LOL.

[@maskcollector6949]

@@morbidghoul9654 I hear that, that's been me on the Mulberry.

[@bustamango863]

They left the xtra padded motorcross helmets in the garage next to the tampons..

[@kenaipeninsulawhitewater5650]

Generally low speed compared to motocross, that's why. That being said, some people do weat full face on very hard, very steep creeks. It's pretty easy usually to tuck into a position that protects your face

[@gendarmerielosblancos4395]

The water looks like stout

[@webrambler88]

I thought that river was too dangerous to go kayaking?

[@MK-tg6oi]

Crazy people lol I would no way go in any part of that strid

[@Skijumptoes]

We've been living in an era where its dangerous to go to the shops. The Strid has been relegated to being a Sunday afternoon drive. :) .. I don't like Sunday afternoon drives, so won't be going in btw (lol)

[@Toby-Wan-Kenobi940]

@@Skijumptoes if you’d want to compare the strid’s level of danger to “going to the shops” level of danger then it would be so high if you went into the shop it would be guaranteed you’d die.

[@Skijumptoes]

@@Toby-Wan-Kenobi940 statically it's claimed 0% of kayakers. In fact, out of the thousands that have been in over the last century, i think there's only a handful of recorded deaths which were all falls - still terrible, but nothing like the urban legend suggests. You see plenty paddling in summer. One thing that is a guarantee is the over priced car parking, btw, almost ten quid a car. 🤑

[@moongloomable]

@@Skijumptoes thanks for confirming is just legend

[@ngoddess9684]

Stop with the obnoxious music. We want to hear the sounds of nature.

[@user-zb5tq3bs4f]

Wah wah wah

[@ngoddess9684]

@@user-zb5tq3bs4f Do you need a tissue honey?

[@ngoddess9684]

No hunny, I'm fine with having an opinion. No tissue required. But thank you dear.

[@user-zb5tq3bs4f]

@@ngoddess9684 yeh it would of been better without the music But I can't put down or stand for put down towards legendary Goldfinger.

[@bparry5446]

deadly, this little stream?

[@lowlyrover358]

It's 60+ meters deep.. v=uJFQXT6PIP8&t=128s

[@metatron107]

This video should read "Kayaking the deadliest water on earth"

[@kenaipeninsulawhitewater5650]

Plugging waterfalls and smashing into rocks...not exactly stellar paddling but looks like a fun section

[@monstersaint]

Not fun. The water in that area is over 100 feet deep (30 meters) with chaos for currents. The guy was closer to dying than it appears.

[@connorcoultas9629]

@@monstersaint I mean it looks really fun, but for the reputation the strid has, these guys skills were not up to par.

[@footballbeforecluborcountry]

I have no positive comments to provide. I see the guy roll and can't help but think, "that's whatcha get". Almost died for the rush or some footage? Grow the hell up. He narrowly missed hitting his head twice. "that's whatcha get".

[@jg-bordfronco2925]

music is putrid, otherwise pretty cool vid

[@kallsin4617]

Tony hawk nostalgia

[@interstellar618]

Bro that nuts!!!

[@Sir_Gugharde_Wuglis]

Supposedly the strid can get up to 200 feet deep, and there’s very strong currents. It’s a deadly river.

[@rickbreen1146]

Worst music ever

[@isaaclosh8082]

The water is over 200 feet deep at that point

[@rocknrollramblers4051]

I think the strid may have won this battle ha ha , I think I could have styled it out better on a inflatable crocodile than the second two ha ha fun watch though

[@LaineyTsang]

😂 🐊

[@IrishDougal]

Not going to get into your choice of where you go paddling and I mean this in the nicest possible from 30 years of paddling you need to be a little more proactive with your paddling as opposed to little the current taking you and making correction strokes. Nice video though and love the music choice it reminds me of some of the old school kayaking movies!

[@meriksson1981]

It's so nice to see people who know a bit of whitewater show that the Strid is not 100% death. All these videos on the Strid is just, bla bla ur dead, but nothing about what sort of water it actually is. Sievs, holes undercuts. Not some crazy stories about how it sucks you down into caves. Nice run too. 😁 Good to see you had plenty of safety!

[@MrDmadness]

So you don't understand surface tension.. gotcha

[@logicss2893]

Go swim in it in summer and see

[@billybobybeachforker7776]

Oh hell yeah

[@uioplkhj]

Berks

[@JOrdan_Hezb0llah]

I thought it was about kayaking. Not an asshole challenge

[@japeking1]

Notable miss of High Force.

[@musclerussell8109]

Looks very dangerous

[@thedankrooster]

boomers in the comments who have never heard music made after 1980

[@Userius1]

Ska sucks though. Would have preferred some metal.

[@MrDmadness]

I was born prior to the 80s, this music is bad, was always bad and has boring chord progression.. from a musical standpoint it's garbage, and from a creativity standpoint its boring

[@lucidinterval8012]

Goldfinger :0

[@razvan81]

Kayakers cyclists of the river ...

[@sockruhtease]

Was this sort of a redbull world record challenge or just dumb brave dudes who wanted to prove the "100% of death" fake.... And that if you've done and trained for stuff like this for a decade, you'll only get broken bones

[@mfuller1093]

The 100% fatality is about people who fall in. not idiots with canoes ☺

[@sockruhtease]

@@mfuller1093 fair enough

[@ronactive]

Nice Run. Greetings ronactive

[@mariopuzo4509]

Tony hawk?! Lol

[@MaDmanex100]

This is what life is about! With guts you can survive and reach the horizon. Never beyond a doubt.

[@cometasporelcielo]

or down in a river that you've been warned about because you couldn't follow basic directions

[@gregc.9035]

Doesn't it get uncomfortable walking around with nuts that drag the ground?? I can see going down the Strid in a Kayak if you're being held at gunpoint or maybe to cover a ransom in order to save your family, but doing it voluntarily is completely insane!! Guess you guys are experiencing the thrills in life most people aren't crazy enough to try for themselves. More power to you...and thanks for the video so we can experience it as well from the safety of our computer chairs or our phones.

[@robertshea5159]

Ska is the most annoying music along with country and jazz.

[@jojoh265]

seeing a bit of a common thread there

[@robloxvids2233]

You should have picked gayer music.