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>> the one thing about this river objective, nobody's done it. there's no map. there's no information. you're moving through this huge national park that doesn't even have a park ranger. >> the challenge of crossing the llanganates is only made possible because of the whitewater kayak. and so that becomes some kind of life's accomplishment to have trained as a whitewater kayaker for more than two decades, to bring that to bear on one of the world's greatest river challenges. there's no other accomplishment that i can imagine that would match that for me. it's winning the world series. it's a s...

On the hiking scale. >> the one thing about this river objective, nobody's done it. there's no map. there's no information. you're moving through this huge national park that doesn't even have a park ranger. >> the challenge of crossing the llanganates is only made possible because of the whitewater kayak. and so that becomes some kind of life's accomplishment to have trained as a whitewater kayaker for more than two decades, to bring that to bear on one of the world's greatest river challenges. there's no other accomplishment that i can imagine that would match that for me. it's winning the w...