On April 21, 2009, Tyler Bradt set the world record for the highest waterfall ever run in a kayak, the 198.5ft high Palouse Falls in eastern Washington.
Tyler held the previous record at 107ft off Canada's Alexandria Falls, but his descent of Palouse Falls was a major step up from any previous waterfall descents and a journey into the unknown.
Despite many other artistic possibilities, I decided to shoot the drop from a distance and as tight and straightforward as I possibly could, to show Tyler paddling with the sheer power and majesty of Palouse Falls. To accomplish my goal, I had to set up a considerable distance from the falls itself.
Erik Boomer

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Biography
Erik Boomer is a professional kayaker, professional photographer, Polar Guide and featured athlete in numerous adventure films. With many first descents of rivers and waterfalls to his name, Boomer specializes in kayaking some of the world’s toughest rivers.
More recently he has branched out into Polar Expeditions - in 2011, Boomer became the first to circumnavigate Ellesmere Island on a 100-day ski and sea kayak expedition. Since he has embarked on a 60-day sea kayaking expedition in the arctic, on a 120-day dog sledding expedition around Baffin Island, and has kite skied across Greenland towing his kayak to access the source of a remote river and paddle the first descent to the ocean.
Boomer is not only an adventure photographer, but also works as a commercial and editorial photographer. His work has appeared in, among others: National Geographic Magazine, the New York Times, Outside Magazine, and as a finalist in the Red Bull Illume competition.