Calling it “La Cascada de Don Wilo” was just an obvious choice. That beautiful waterfall is located on Don Wilo’s land and running it was only possible with his permission and the help of his whole family. At least one big gnarly one in the boxed-in section upstream forced Ben and me to hike out on our way-too-optimistic attempt to First D the upper section. It was too easy, and there are a few other waterfalls on the river. NN: After consulting Galen, we figured that Pucuno Falls was a bit of a lame name. It looks STOUT! Was it good flows, or would you have wanted different flows? Classic waterfall question – did it hurt? WA: The drop is now called Don Wilo’s Falls. I don’t want to be in a 100-ft club, but I want to be a bit like Galen or other paddlers I look up to when it comes to running stouts. Of course, I wanted that female world record, but that was not enough I wanted to get it with style and follow Shannon’s legacy rather than just fall a certain number of feet. That one is the best clubs I can be in, and it has no other pretension than having fun in kayaks.
I don’t want to be in a 100-ft club or any other club than my little French kids’ club. In that sense, not all records or firsts are equal. It’s the same thing for the women’s waterfall world record it’s not the same thing to paddle down Metlako as it is to First D Sahalie paddling the entrance rapid, like Shannon (Carroll) did. There is a difference between running Ram as a 100-footer or two back-to-back hundred-footers like Galen just did on Rattlesnake Falls. When it comes to a “100-ft club” or “female firsts,” I am a bit skeptical. It is just something I wanted to do for myself, and I am stoked I did it. NN: I don’t know how I feel about being the first woman to run a hundred-footer or getting into the 100-foot club. WA: You are the first female to get in the 100-foot club, breaking the World Record, and with a First D! What does that mean to you, and for women who are pushing themselves? The mission through the San Rafael Gorge is featured in this interview about the 2021 Expedition of the Year winners. Looking into the San Rafael Gorge following the collapse of San Rafael Falls, Ecuador. It also allowed me to spend more time in the mountains, and that’s where our Iceland ski/packraft expedition with Tiphaine Duperier and Boris Langenstein originated. And we ended up finding Belleville, a fun technical river run, and the Pakidaille, which is probably the gnarliest piece of whitewater I have ever paddled. We were forced to put in hours of scouting and cutting wood on the super local creeks to have something to paddle. NN: Last year has forced me to get creative and adapt more than ever. WA: What is a good thing to come out of the past year that you weren’t expecting? I hope I can keep doing what I love for as long as possible, then we will see, but I definitely made sure to have that safety net and a wide range of options. Political sciences brought some key skills for pitching and setting up projects, journalism helps to document it, and my degree in Conception Realization of Documentary Filming is not totally useless.
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Sociology has helped me figure out how to make professional kayaking happen. I don’t think I will end up being a proper journalist or anything proper… I really like the life I am living, even if that comes with a lot of precarity.
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Radio and TV classes were definitely way more appealing to me than administrative careers, expertise of public action, governance in international relations, and other not-so-translatable master specialties. It was the most practical “in field” master program of the school.
I liked human sciences but didn’t really know what job I would like to do. The political institute was a good way to study something I was interested in while keeping a wide range of options and training slalom at the French canoe training center. NN: After high school, I decided to study political science. WA: You have a master’s degree in Journalism, is that right? Why journalism? Is that something you still want to pursue later in life?
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