Expeditions to the Edge

This is a segment from "Expeditions to the Edge" on National Geographic Channel. This particular episode followed the fatal misadventure of four expert kayakers down the Tsangpo river in Tibet.

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• expedition
• to
• the
• edge
• kayak
• death
• tsangpo
• river
• doug
• gordon
• tom
• mcewan
• jamie
• roger
• zbel

[explosivehotdogs]

@illumnat Ah... certainly had me confused. : ) I still think about this documentary from time to time and every time I'm humbled a little bit more. Thanks for your follow up / clarification.

[illumnat]

@explosivehotdogs That's the re-enactment kayak.  It was yellow with red streaks on it. Doug's actual kayak was blue but was colorized yellow in the show to match the re-enactment kayak so as "to not confuse the viewers."

[illumnat]

@coyote3000999 Yeah... in the re-enactments, the actor's kayak was yellow. The producers of the show decided we should color the kayak yellow in the real footage to match the re-enactment's kayak so as "not to confuse the viewers." Go figure.

[snoaon]

doug is my uncle. proof: wifes name is connie, 2 sons names are tyler and bryce (theyre my cousins.) connies mom's name is sue jessup which is my dads mom

[TheBoofdog]

R.I.P Doug

[OnChThIs]

They NEVER found his body...He is forever with the river God..

[coyote3000999]

@explosivehotdogs

If you watch "white waters pull kayaker to his death" describing the same event, the kayak is blue.

[amigulka]

"pretty sure that he is gonne".....I would newer go paddling vith anyone who is thinking like this....specialy on kayaking expedition

[explosivehotdogs]

see ~ 2:54, 3:01 and 3:07, it looks like there's blood all over his kayak (those streaks weren't there before he went over the falls)...

[coyote3000999]

R.I.P. Doug Gordon.