(ABC News) Daredevil kayaker Rafael Ortiz of Mexico now carries the title of being the second person to kayak over Washington’s Palouse Falls and paddle himself to shore.
Ortiz, 24, plunged the 189-foot-tall waterfall – higher than Niagara Falls – April 25. According to the Red Bull website, which called Ortiz “a specialist for vertical water,” Ortiz soared down Mexico’s Big Banana Waterfall, which stands at 130 feet, in 2010.
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