Pictured: Daredevil kayaker takes 70ft plunge into icy waters
Plunging 70 feet into the icy waters below, intrepid kayaker Luke Spencer is pictured taking advantage of a once-in-a-decade phenomenon at the Outlet Falls, in Washington State.
Swollen by freak warm weather that caused ice to melt high up in the Rocky Mountains, the Outlet Falls have long been a holy grail for danger-loving kayakers.
Usually just a modest trickle, the unusually warm Pacific weather caused the falls to crash into life for the first time in ten years.
Tipping point: Luke Spencer begins his 70ft descent into the icy Outlet Falls in Washington State
Wipeout! Luke smashes into the waves - unfortunately hurting himself in the process
Jed Weingarten, who photographed the feat, said: 'Luke had to slide off a 20 foot high cliff just to get started on the 50 yard run up to the falls, it wasn't the most straightforward of jumps, that is for sure.'
Crashing into the water, Luke's landing did not go according to plan.
'I separated my intercostal muscles that join my ribs together,' he explained.
He added: 'I got stuck in a bit of a roll at the bottom of the falls and had to wriggle free of my kayak.
'I was laid up for two weeks afterwards too.'
Luke Spencer runs the 70ft high Outlet Falls. Long viewed as the holy grail for North American Kayakers, the Outlet Falls overflow with this much water once a decade
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