This story has been corrected
Earlier this week a German adventurer, Matze Brustmann kayaked down the frozen Goðafoss waterfall in Skjálfandi river in North Iceland. According to locals this is most likely the first time anyone kayaks down the waterfall during winter. Brustmann has previously kayaked down all the major waterfalls in the river Skjálfandi.
Read more: See the spectacular waterfalls in Skjálfandi river which would to be sacrificed for more electricity
The photographs were taken by a local man, Vilhjálmur Grímsson, who provided them to the local news sites 641.is and visir.is. Vilhjálmur told visir.is, that Brustmann was accompanied by a team of photographers and filmmakers who were documenting the event.
Read more: An amazing video follows kayakers down 12 Icelandic waterfalls
Goðafoss is made up of two main forks, an eastern fork, which is roughly 9 m high (30 ft.) and a significantly higher western fork, where the water falls as much as 17 m (56 ft.). Brustmann descended the eastern fork.
In 2010 Brustmann kayaked down Aldeyjarfoss, which is located upstream from Goðafoss. That was the second time anyone had kayaked down the waterfall. A kayaker first descended Aldeyjarfoss in 1995.
Read more: Video: Kayaking down the beautiful Goðafoss waterfall
Update: 3. 22. 2016
An original version of this story claimed Brustmann was the first man to descend Goðafoss waterfall in the winter. This is not the case, as at least one other kayaker has descended the waterfall durng the winter months before Brustmann. Chris Doyle-Kelly descended the waterfall in mid-March 2015.
This story has been corrected
Earlier this week a German adventurer, Matze Brustmann kayaked down the frozen Goðafoss waterfall in Skjálfandi river in North Iceland. According to locals this is most likely the first time anyone kayaks down the waterfall during winter. Brustmann has previously kayaked down all the major waterfalls in the river Skjálfandi.
Read more: See the spectacular waterfalls in Skjálfandi river which would to be sacrificed for more electricity
The photographs were taken by a local man, Vilhjálmur Grímsson, who provided them to the local news sites 641.is and visir.is. Vilhjálmur told visir.is, that Brustmann was accompanied by a team of photographers and filmmakers who were documenting the event.
Read more: An amazing video follows kayakers down 12 Icelandic waterfalls
Goðafoss is made up of two main forks, an eastern fork, which is roughly 9 m high (30 ft.) and a significantly higher western fork, where the water falls as much as 17 m (56 ft.). Brustmann descended the eastern fork.
In 2010 Brustmann kayaked down Aldeyjarfoss, which is located upstream from Goðafoss. That was the second time anyone had kayaked down the waterfall. A kayaker first descended Aldeyjarfoss in 1995.
Read more: Video: Kayaking down the beautiful Goðafoss waterfall
Update: 3. 22. 2016
An original version of this story claimed Brustmann was the first man to descend Goðafoss waterfall in the winter. This is not the case, as at least one other kayaker has descended the waterfall durng the winter months before Brustmann. Chris Doyle-Kelly descended the waterfall in mid-March 2015.
