Ropes? Those were more recent. About 17 years ago, I took two routes down to the waterfall, and they were both different from the one you show at 4:12. The first, you followed the railroad tracks for about 3/4 mile to the south. I then scaled down a rock field littered with old wreckage from a train derailment to the river. Once down, that almost flat rock face maybe 1/2 mile south from the falls, I had to wade up to my belly button, but it was passable that got me to the base pool. The way back up was a bit more crazy. I stayed close to the falls and worked my way up each ledge (with no rope!) to that super narrow ravine that you see the rubble from at 3:51. That ravine was something else! At most it was 3' and narrowed to 2' with a 'step" that required me to crab up the walls to clear a 5 1/2' shelf within the ravine. I did it in October 2006, luckily no rattlers were around.
Wow! A real hardcore OG! I didn’t feel confident to go back down by hand. Would have been an intense climb back up. And I’m a bit out of shape these days 😂
@@JonJLevesque The railroad track route would be my preferred way these days (if it's still accessible). The eroded ridges on the climb out, I was very aware things could go wrong fast. I spent a lot of time on my butt keeping my center of gravity low to the ground so if I slid, I had a better chance of controlling it with hands. There was a pretty big sign then on the entrance to the ravine from the parking lot saying "CLOSED to the public." LOL Do they have the ravine fully closed off these days?
Ropes? Those were more recent. About 17 years ago, I took two routes down to the waterfall, and they were both different from the one you show at 4:12. The first, you followed the railroad tracks for about 3/4 mile to the south. I then scaled down a rock field littered with old wreckage from a train derailment to the river. Once down, that almost flat rock face maybe 1/2 mile south from the falls, I had to wade up to my belly button, but it was passable that got me to the base pool. The way back up was a bit more crazy. I stayed close to the falls and worked my way up each ledge (with no rope!) to that super narrow ravine that you see the rubble from at 3:51. That ravine was something else! At most it was 3' and narrowed to 2' with a 'step" that required me to crab up the walls to clear a 5 1/2' shelf within the ravine. I did it in October 2006, luckily no rattlers were around.
Wow! A real hardcore OG! I didn’t feel confident to go back down by hand. Would have been an intense climb back up. And I’m a bit out of shape these days 😂
@@JonJLevesque The railroad track route would be my preferred way these days (if it's still accessible). The eroded ridges on the climb out, I was very aware things could go wrong fast. I spent a lot of time on my butt keeping my center of gravity low to the ground so if I slid, I had a better chance of controlling it with hands. There was a pretty big sign then on the entrance to the ravine from the parking lot saying "CLOSED to the public." LOL Do they have the ravine fully closed off these days?
Cool video!
Thanks so much!