there is a place above Kaaterskill Falls that is about 180ft above the rock.
about one person a year dies falling over the edge. i have taken a few
pictures from just a few feet back of the ledge. there isn't any kind of
rail. the best view, luckily, is from well off to the side, but it's still
easy to fall a few tens of feet. i have friends who ice climb and i do rock
climbing. there are reasonable risks and there are unreasonable ones. ice
climbing of the form practiced at the Weeping Wall not far from Tangle Falls
is what i call unreasonable. ice climbing near Kaaterskill Falls is much
closer to reasonable risks, but i still feel no urge to do it. i do want to
photograph it though.
Herb.....
----- Original Message -----
From: "Tom C" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[email protected]>
Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2005 11:12 PM
Subject: Re: Chilly PESO
I'll tell ya. I was at Mt. Rainier NP last week... I was on a rock/stone
bridge at a waterfall. The shot necessitated that I get up on the side of
the bridge so I could shoot down. So I hoisted the Bogen tripod-mounted
*ist D up on to the side of it and stepped up about 2 1/2 - 3 feet all in
one motion. When I did, I came to a standing position on the wall of the
bridge, but felt my upper body and head go several inches further toward
the precipice than I would have liked. It was 50ft or so down to the
rocks and pool at the bottom. My wife would have screamed her head off if
she had seen it.
It wasn't a good shot after all because of the harsh lighting.
