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Thanks. It would be great if I could adequately convey the whole experience - the most of the falls blowing in my face and filling my lungs, being completely drenched in cool pure water, the thrill of walking somewhat perilously on wet steps made of stone beside a steep drop off... the aliveness of the experiences very much comes back to me as I write this. Thanks for triggering that memory for me!

Yes, kind of dangerous. I don't recall warning signs, but there may have been some. Further up, there was a railing. I believe they did close that trail shortly after I recorded that to make it safer. I haven't been back since though; so, I'm not sure what all changed.

Yes they have warning signs because people have gone over the falls to their death.

@@417flop ​​⁠In 2019, Xuan Wang, 56, was killed by falling ice and rock while hiking on the Mist Trail. She ignored the trail's closure signs and went around the gate. In 2019, Joshua Conner, 32, was killed after slipping and falling down a granite slope into the Merced River. However, although the Mist Trail has been the site of many deaths over the years, it seems most victims were swept over the falls after climbing past a barrier at the top of the falls rather than while climbing those steps.

Thanks. Glad you enjoyed. It was quite an experience having the right next to the road like that - magnificent, huge creatures

These were all taken May 19 and 20 of 2023 - th-cam.com/play/PL5MDDHrxkhnJnXnmswDNxRByerpL3H2eI.html

@@CDsNature thank you :)

Thank you for your kind and generous comment. There is so much beauty the world has to offer us. Sometimes we travel to distant places to observe the beauty in the right season. Other times we recognize there is beauty to be found right in front of our eyes and all around us at any moment if we are only willing to take a breath and be open to see the beauty that exists in all things. That way of seeing the world is a choice. A choice that in these times may seem hard to make when there is so much strife and division. However, if we look closely, the beauty is still there.

I do, all the time :-) Charly gets loads love and attention

The falls were particularly spectacular this year.