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“Big Banana Falls is a little bit unique in the world of waterfalls because you have to abseil into it. I'm not very skilled with climbing or ropes - that was new territory for me and I found that absolutely terrifying. I was way more scared of rappelling down into it than running the actual waterfall, although the impact at the bottom was humongous,” said for the Sun Online young kayaker who worked as a gravedigger, as a labourer on a building site, in a gym, and the national Watersports Centre and earned money doing clinical trials before turning pro kayaker.

 

 

 

Bren Orton however already plans new adventures. He wishes to equal the biggest ever drop – the 198-foot Palouse Falls in Washington, United States of America. “First I want to equal the record and then see whether I want to push higher than that. Waterfalls don't always cooperate with the right levels and timing and weather, but I have a good window from March to April when I'll be ready,” added Orton.