In 1977 when I had been paddling for a couple of years and only ever on flatwater, I watched with fascination and fear a film of a British ''Canoe,'' expedition descending the ''Dudh Kosi,'' the river that runs of Mount Everest. I was awe struck, madmen for sure. But the more I watched the more excited I got. I will never forget the sudden total silence in the living room as I said out loud, ''I am going to do that someday.'' Nothing more was said, my parents hoping that by ignoring my comment I would eventually shut up and forget all about it. But my mind was made up and as for forgetting about it, I never have, a lifes addiction had begun. But although later I became an avid whitewater river paddler, I never did (or dared) reach the level that they paddled in. My first kayak heroes. The equipment they use in this film is similar to the equipment my friends and I had when we started paddling white water on rocky rivers. Link opens to youtube.