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Celebrating 100 years 1907 - 2007 |
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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. |
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| 1905 |
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Master taylor, Johann Klepper buys the rights to manufacture the kayak |
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| 1907 |
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Klepper Folding Kayaks is founded in Rosenheim, production begins |
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| 1909 |
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C.E. Layton – Paddled across the English Channel |
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| 1926 |
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Roald Amundsen – North Pole Expedition |
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| 1928 |
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Captain Romer crossed the Atlantic |
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| 1956 |
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Dr. Hannes Lindemann sailed across the Atlantic ocean |
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| 1979 |
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Charles Porter paddled around Cape Horn |
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| 1985 |
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Fuchs & Porter - magnetic North Pole expedition |
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| 1989 |
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Howard Rice sailed around Cape Horn |
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| 2001 |
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Bruemmer & Gloekner – The Amazon expedition |
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"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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10565 Groveoak Drive • Santa Ana • California • 92705
Tel: 714-277-3590 • email: klepperus@gmail.com
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