About Klepper.
 A Legend is Born - At the turn of the last century Alfred Heurich, a young architectural student developed and patented a folding kayak made out of wood, bamboo rods and a canvas 'skin'. The inspiration for his design originated from the centuries old Inuit kayaks fashioned out of animal hides, wood and whale bones.
1905 Master Taylor, Johann Klepper buys the rights to manufacture the kayak
1907 Klepper Folding Kayaks is founded in Rosenheim, production begins
1909 C.E. Layton – Paddled across the English Channel
1926 Roald Amundsen – North Pole Expedition
 1928 Captain Romer crossed the Atlantic
1956 Dr. Hannes Lindemann paddled & sailed across the Atlantic ocean
1979 Charles Porter paddled around Cape Horn
1985 Fuchs & Porter - magnetic North Pole expedition
1989 Howard Rice sailed around Cape Horn
2001 Bruemmer & Gloekner – The Amazon expedition
"A German doctor, Hannes Lindemann, set out on a unique test of human endurance... Never before had the ocean been crossed in so small a craft with no outside help of any kind."
LIFE Magazine July 22, 1957
Now let your adventure begin!
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