he manga wai koia kia kore e whitikia

one of my favorite youtube videos and i'm not sure why

paul gamache, former holder of the world record for freefall waterfall descent in a kayak, 108 ft, runs smith river oregon hole gorge on california oregon border at flood stage, 80,000 cubic feet/sec, heavily aerated water too small boat

i don't really know what bruni's singing, so it's not her words necessarily. maybe the song's melodic/rhythmic structure somehow matches the river. maybe it's just: who does this? who runs a river like this?

[there is some strong speech from a clearly good humored but naturally concerned person who is standing near the camera as his friend fights for his life]

For what is it to me that rivers run whole ages and their streams are never done 

- Henry Vaughan

Do not save love

for things

Throw things

to the flood

- Lorine Niedecker, wisconsinite

thanks to paul gamache for how to ride a cause of death, allhearted, potamophile

on thurs march 5 2009 paul gamache ceased being the world's record holder for freefall descent in a kayak that record was then held by pedro olivia at salto bello falls 127' on the rio sacre in brazil a tributary of the amazon in a jackson kayak rocker using a snap dragon spray skirt in 70 degree water but the new record is held by tyler bradt who april 21 2009 paddled off palouse falls in washington state 186' but clearly there is no world record for being allhearted there is a pali word sabbecittam which means allhearted that giant eddy line and that cabin sized recirculating hole don't do that again paul gamache or use a larger boat maybe