It’s finally done, one of my biggest dreams finally become true. But first
of all I will tell you how the story starts. About 2 years ago Robert and I
discovered a waterfall that looked good to run. We thought if the water level
is high enough, we could run it and thus it would be the highest driven
waterfall in Austria. Unfortunately, this very small river has rarely enough
water, so we had to wait. In the spring, when Robert and I were in the USA, the
water level was perfect. So a good friend of mine has taken the chance and
beated us, he ran the waterfall first. 
It‘s the 26 meters high „Salza
Waterfall“, the first descent was therefore no longer to pick up. Unfortunately
despite of this great achievement, Lukas had been thrown out of his kayak at the
landing. So the first successful descent was still pending. I didn‘t thought
that there would be enough water another time this year, so I didn‘t thought
about it anymore. But a few weeks later, I got a call from Gregor: “Hi
Daniel, there would be a perfect water level on the Salza Waterfall, are you
ready?“ Beyond all questions I was ready, I just had to motivate some people to
finish our project immediately. Lucas who did the run before was ready, but
this time behind a camera and outside the water. Responsible for the safety
were Matt and Berni. Finally it was time, the water level was perfect, the team
was ready, now I just had to pick a good line and pull it through. After 1.5
hours of viewing I decided to ran it. 
Not very easy start … free fall …. Impact
… so exciting, everything went well and I remained in the boat seating. It
was done and the pleasure was huge. Thank you one more time to all my
supporters and of course to my friends who took pictures and made my safety.
See you on the River Daniel Egger
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Daniel Eggers’ descent of Salza Waterfall
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