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Shaun
Baker holds 4 Guinness World Records for paddling off huge
waterfalls, down impossibly steep rivers, and even the “Land
Speed Record” for a kayak (set on snow in the Canadian Rockies) He is
widely credited as a true pioneer of the extreme.
Shaun
began kayaking aged 10, and just six years later was already
leading his first unsupported expedition – 700 miles around the
treacherous coastlines of Scotland, England and Wales. Having
survived these formative years, the allure of enormous waterfalls
began to bite. Before long he had achieved more than 20 major
first descents around the world including some of the largest
falls in Iceland and the Alps.
For
Shaun near
death experiences are simply a part of everyday life, and he
shrugs off praise for his achievements remarking that it is all
part of a life where "every day you just have to try
something a little more difficult...". Shaun insists that all
his actions are carefully calculated and that it is unlikely he
would have survived this far if he really had no regard for his
own life...
By
2000 he had also won the UK National Championships in Whitewater
Freestyle 9 times; taken 1st place in numerous international
competitions and attained senior and advanced instructor and
examiner status in all disciplines of canoe sport.
Despite
all this, it is his passion for the extreme and the truly
ground-breaking that drives the man. More record attempts are
planned and there will always be more falls that need to be run!
SHAUN'S
CURRENT GUINNESS WORLD RECORDS (2004/5)
Guinness
“World Freefall Waterfall Kayak” Record
(19.7
m pure vertical drop)
Guinness
“World Speed Altitude Descent” Record
(75
ft in 19.9 sec)
Guinness
“World Speed Altitude Descent” Record
(50
m in 4 min 54 sec)
Guinness
“ World Kayak
Land Speed - Snow" Record
(
62.94 km/h)
SOME
OF SHAUN’S OTHER ACHIEVEMENTS
9
times UK National Whitewater Freestyle/Rodeo Champion
6
times UK Team ranked No.1
20+
further individual major national competition wins, UK and
worldwide
Numerous
first descents of major waterfalls and whitewater rivers worldwide
Contact:
shaun@waterfallkayaker.com
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