The 20-year-old kayaker from California who went missing after going over Willamette Falls late Saturday evening, April 12, was an inexperienced kayaker and might not have known the falls were nearby, according to the Clackamas County Sheriff’s Office.
A search and rescue team has covered several river miles at and downriver from the falls each day since the kayaker went missing. The crews found his blue hardshell kayak at Elk Rock Island near Milwaukie, about 7.5 miles from the falls, Sunday morning.
Authorities said they are not releasing the name of the man at the request of his family…