Imagine my surprise to learn that the daredevil Bobby Leach, the second person to go over #NiagaraFalls in a "barrel," did some "dry runs" for his attempt years earlier at #CohoesFalls. He got pretty banged up, which may be why 12 years passed before he took another run at Niagara.

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https://hoxsie.org/2025/12/01/over-cohoes-falls-in-a-barrel/