Inflatable Kayak Blog

I wish I could take a pictures like this but I’m not sure I’ve got the guts to kayak with whales. That’s right, whales! Fifty six year old Duncan Murrell of Paignton, Devon in the United Kingdom is an extraordinary wildlife photographer. He is surely an excellent kayaker as well. I read about him in the “Daily Mail”, a newspaper web site recently. The story features pictures he took of humpback whales off the Alaska coast from his kayak. Humpbacks can grow as large as fifty feet long and Mr. Murrell often gets as close as fifteen feet away to snap his pictures. The humpbacks cover some distance as well and he sometimes has to paddle for 30 miles to get the images he wants. It’s an impressive collection of pictures and an amazing story. I’m not sure how long this article will be online, but if you care to read the complete story, you can click here to read the full article.

I realize that this is the ‘inflatable kayak blog’ and I know Mr. Murrell uses a hard shell kayak, but this story was so interesting, I thought it would appeal to anyone who’s ever been in an inflatable or folding kayak or any small boat for that matter. Just imagine what it would be like to be that close!