Colorado kayakers paddle to rescue a dog that ran a 60-foot waterfall in Mexico

Colorado kayakers paddle to rescue a dog that ran a 60-foot waterfall in Mexico

Paul Palmer was at the lip of the 60-foot Tomata 1 waterfall on his first day kayaking in Veracruz, Mexico in December.  His crew of expert kayakers was planning to paddle some less daunting, but still demanding, drops downstream when one of them spotted something moving in the pool below.  “We were at the lip and someone says ‘There’s a dog down there,’” said Palmer, a professional kayaker from Colorado Springs who won a national freestyle kaya…