One of the best parts about enjoying our great outdoors is that you can make your time as relaxed or as intense as you wish. You can hike a nice trail to see tall, awe-inspiring waterfalls. You can enjoy some calm, flat waters atop a kayak. Or you can combine the two, take the risk factor up tenfold and paddle your sit-in kayak down a 100-foot tall waterfall (after a lot of training and preparation, of course).

Waterfall kayaking is a niche sport that takes kayakers years of whitewater experience to work toward.

On this week’s episode of Peak Northwest, we talk with Michael Jonsson, a waterfall kayaker we spotted at Eagle Creek as he took on Punchbowl Falls and more with two friends.

Here are some highlights from this week’s show:

• What is waterfall kayaking and how do you get into it?
• Michael shares some of his favorite falls to kayak.
• Michael shares some details we didn’t see at Eagle Creek.
• How you can make your way to eventually kayak at this level.

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