Just came across this. I started boating in New England, in 1970, I was definitely aware of Walt Blackadar. Watching this film, my goodness, 4 m boats, with big giant paddles, reminiscent of iliad blades from the early '70s. Thanks for the upload.
@sewhidbey
15 күн бұрын
Our friend Dr. Kay Swanson was one of these three epic paddlers.
@blueduck12
15 жыл бұрын
Thanks you guys for chasing this down. It would be great if the original was re-discovered and a clean copy with the scary piano music and Barney's commentary was uploaded in place of my cruddy copy. I wondered also what role this film played in stopping the dam project mentioed in the original soundtrack.
@seanbaskett5506
Жыл бұрын
He's from Idaho. We absolutely claim him
@michelegila
13 жыл бұрын
Just finished reading Never Turn Back. Amazing to read the story that is the tale of this video.
@pyrusrex2882
5 жыл бұрын
Walt Blackadar is my hero. I grew up in Payette, Idaho, and knew a couple of his kayaking friends, Irene and Tom Murphy. She was my algebra teacher. Walt left us way too soon, and so did Tom.
@ttolmbrftttwtbopat
13 жыл бұрын
what a wave at 3:38 great clean hit.
@mrlarrow
15 жыл бұрын
Here is what Rob Lesser has to say about it,,, and I have a lot of belief in what the master has to say.... Yes it's Barney Griffith's student film project shot sometime in the late 70's. He got so enthused about the filming he experienced on the 1976 ABC project that he went to film school I think in the LA area and went on to produce this on 16mm.
@blueduck12
14 жыл бұрын
@dirtysteev Yes, over 30 years ago, long before dry suits and modern hull shapes and sweep and fancy rolls. Freezing cold water. A subsequent trip by another party resulted in one paddler being found dead in his boat with not a mark on him. I was impressed by the sequence leading up to 3:00 where the camera guy has no idea where the paddler is going to surface. The 16mm version is something else on a full sized movie screen.
@romandial
15 жыл бұрын
Good history in "Fast and Cold" by Andrew Embick: Walt Blackadar (54 years old) and Barney Griffith (18 years old) in 1976. Maybe this is that trip, with Cully Erdman, John Dondero, and Billy Ward. Barney had his friend drop a note to the ABC sponsored Blackadar team that he better let Barney join them or Barney'd run it without him. Barney also, legend has it, wore a seat belt so he would't come out of his boat. Barney and Cully paddled Hollowforms. Flow was 26-28,000 cfs.
@jasonreott
15 жыл бұрын
Great to find this on here, was just reading Never Turn Back, about Blackadar. The others making this first descent of Devil's Canyon should be Cully Erdman, John Dondero and then 18-year-old Barney Griffith.
@sewhidbey
15 күн бұрын
It was Dr. Kay Swanson and Roger Hazelwood.
@mrlarrow
15 жыл бұрын
I have a video copy of it. Barney still lives in Alaska but I'm not sure where. He's been a miner and pilot most of his life. I think I can locate him via Jerry Dixon in Seward.
@mrlarrow
15 жыл бұрын
This posting is actually pretty good. I think at least 2 of the boaters are Gary Galbraith and Darwon Stoneman. I'll put Darwin on it to confirm or deny.
@blueduck12
15 жыл бұрын
Small world. I'm in NZ and somewhere out here there is a 16mm copy, but I don't know where.
@blueduck12
15 жыл бұрын
Thanks. I think it was Barney that made the film. Wonder where he is today? Somewhere there's film about the Alsek with Walt B too.....
@mrlarrow
15 жыл бұрын
Here is what Rob Lesser has to say about it,,, and I have a lot of belief in what the master has to say....
@mrlarrow
15 жыл бұрын
By the way thanks for posting this,,,, would love to see any Alsek footage is anyone knows of any out there...
@blueduck12
11 жыл бұрын
Thanks Kimmer. It would be great if you could persuade him to post a better copy with his soundtrack and everything, so that people can see more detail. Is this river section still safe from a dam?
@pawtect
8 жыл бұрын
Gary Galbraith at Alaska rivers company as should have original 16 mil film he was second group in first to film it that's why they call it Galbraith hole
@alaskabigfoot
12 жыл бұрын
I believe that Dave Christy was part of the initial attempt. He was a Anchorage School District Art teacher. Do you know anything about him?
@pyrusrex2882
5 жыл бұрын
I don't know how the hell Walt stuffed his gigantic balls under that spray skirt. Nobody, and I mean NOBODY, runs the Susitna at 34 grand like that. Only Blackadar would try. I doubt you could convince the Kerns to try that, and they'll run anything.
@mrlarrow
15 жыл бұрын
I would love to know who the boaters are, checking with John W......... and will check with old Silver Tip Rob L......
@technoengineer9584
13 жыл бұрын
Holy shit!
@RobinR-B
14 жыл бұрын
I have the video with sound Film should be in the kupe CC archives
@TheCjcalioso
9 жыл бұрын
What is that like class 10 rapids?
@blueduck12
9 жыл бұрын
TheCjcalioso On the International Scale they would be Class 5 (out of 6). The Grand Canyon Scale gpes 1-10, but these rapids are harder than Lava Falls which is a 10. No matter you would need to be very competent and brave to run this even today.
@blueduck12
14 жыл бұрын
@robinrb1 I'll contact you directly, and if I can I'll get an HD copy posted in due course.
@droan999
14 жыл бұрын
28000 cfs! wtf
@hughcanard1878
5 жыл бұрын
I live in New Zealand, so I not a local Alaskan. I wondered if anyone ran this at this sort of flow nowadays.
@awboat
5 жыл бұрын
I was watching video of the Sierrilous brothers running this earlier today and wondered the same thing. It was so much lower. This is an insane level. Completely insane
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