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Walt Blackadar “Every so often in sport, an individual comes along and changes things forever. In whitewater sport that person is Walt Blackadar. Walt’s solo descent of the formidable Turn Back Canyon on the Alsek River in 1971 was so far ahead of its time that it is not only significant in terms of whitewater history, but it is significant in the history of adventure and exploration. Symbolically the Alsek assumes an historical place, a beginning of a new age of the sport built around the powerful story about one 49 year old individual with a bold dream. The psychological barrier had been broken, and a new array of opportunities was possible” (Ron Watters, Never Turn Back, Pocatello, Idaho: The Great Rift Press, 1994). Dr. Walt Blackadar became known as a kayaking pioneer/explorer in 1971 when he paddled Turn Back Canyon on the Alsek River in British Columbia. A Sports Illustrated article featuring this solo run soon followed. From 1972 to 1978. Dr. Blackadar was featured in several ABC American Sportsman documentaries and the movie "The Edge" directed by Roger Brown. Articles by Walt Blackadar "My Race with the Devil," by Walt Blackadar, Medical Economics (journal), August 8, 1977. Pp. 246-250. "Caught Up in a Hell of White Water," by Walt Blackadar, Sports Illustrated (magazine), August 14, 1972. Pp. 42-50. "Julie Wilson Falls," by Walt Blackadar, American Whitewater (magazine), Vol. XIX/4. Pp. 117-121. Publications about Walt Blackadar "Whitewater Surgeon," by Jackie Johnson, Down River (magazine), March 1977. Pp. 27-29. "Memorial Service set Saturday for Dr. Walter Blackadar, 55," The Recorder-Herald (newspaper), May 18, 1978, Salmon, Idaho. "Rx for the American Sportsman: Walt Blackadar, Kayaker-Surgeon." Eric Evans' Whitewater Journal, by Eric Evans, Canoe (magazine), June-July 1978. Pp. 14-16. "Commentary: A Paddlers' Point of View," River World (magazine), July 1978. P. 13. "A Personal Look at Walt Blackadar," by Don Wilson, River World (magazine), September 1978. Pp. 68-70. "In His Memory," Idaho State Journal (newspaper), Pocatello, ID, September 16, 1983. P. 12 Section D. "The Legacy of Walt Blackadar," by Michael Ames, Idaho Mountain Express (newspaper), Ketchum, ID. May 21, 2003. Pp. D-1, D-2. Never Turn Back: The Life of Whitewater Pioneer Walt Blackadar (book), by Ron Watters, Pocatello, ID: The Great Rift Press. 1994. Others Walt Blackadar was featured on
ABC-TV's "American Sportsman" and in the movie "The
Edge" directed by Roger Brown.
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