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  • EVEL SPIRIT Completing Evel Knievel's Jump Over Snake River!

    EVEL SPIRIT Completing Evel Knievel's Jump Over Snake River!

    B. Steadman

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    Stuntman to attempt Evel Knievel's failed launch over Snake River

    The Oregonian

    by The Associated Press
    7/19/2016

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    Eddie Braun, fueled by the memory of the late daredevil, plans to strap into a steam-powered rocket cycle on Sept. 17 for his most death-defying role yet: Replicating a launch over the Snake River Canyon in Idaho that almost cost Knievel his life four decades ago.

    Braun named his rocket "Evel Spirit " after his boyhood hero. It's nearly identical to the model Knievel used for his failed canyon attempt on Sept. 8, 1974. Braun wants to prove Knievel could've made it had his parachute not prematurely deployed.

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    View the complete article, including image, at:


    http://www.oregonlive.com/pacific-no...vel_kniev.html
    B. Steadman

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