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 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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