What you might not know is that the Snake River Canyon wasn’t his first choice for his now-famous stunt – or that just last year, the terrifying stunt was recreated. Adam brings up the fans who he encountered over the weekend, he did not race so the gang should be over the moon about that, no clips and nothing for BB to snore.
Adam opens the show with a G’s V intro, not the greatest. You might have heard the story of how a famous daredevil, one Evel Knievel himself, decided that there was another way to get across the gorge: a steam powered rocket. Recorded 08-22-2016 Release Date 08-23-2016. Braun and at least one other aspiring rocket man had hoped to make the jump on the. In fact, when it was built in 1927, the Perrine Bridge over the canyon–which stands at an impressive 486 feet–was the tallest bridge in the world. Braun was just one of several who aspired to complete the jump over Snake River, including Knievels own children. The scenic canyon slices through the outskirts of Twin Falls, and without going around the region, there’s only one way to get across the canyon: the Perrine Bridge. At certain points, the canyon reaches around 1600 feet wide nearly 1/4 of a mile across. While the plunging depths of the gorge are definitely intimidating, reaching over 500 feet deep, what’s perhaps most impressive is the canyon’s girth. Running straight through Southern Idaho and forming the lifeblood of the state, the mighty Snake River is a powerful, magnificent body of water that has carved the intimidating Snake River Canyon over the course of thousands of years. Posted in Idaho Maby Jennifer This Is The Single Craziest Thing You Never Knew Happened In Idaho