ghawk
06-07-2012, 11:43 AM
Last year me, Cliff, and Anthony headed up to try out Stewart falls. We had a pretty good time but we couldn't do the last rappel because we only had a 2 hundred foot rope and we had heard it was close to 250 for the drop. This December I got married though, and my friends gave me a 300 foot rope for a present (best wedding present possible in my opinion). So about a month ago we headed up to do the whole thing this time. The water was cold! :cold: A neoprene hood might have been nice. But the falls were great and the last one was pretty fun. Fairly high flow so I was a little worried about it, but there was a clear course through the middle of the two falls. Our pull cord got stuck halfway down the falls though, so Anthony climbed all the way back to the top and rapped it again :stud: Awesome points went to him because that upclimb is steep and sucks. Overall a good time with good friends. And the last rappel? You actually might be able to use a 200 foot rope on it. It would be tricky because it would put you on a slick slope, but if you landed on it solid it would be an easy walk to safe ground. If you missed it though you would fall about 10 feet. Wouldn't be so fun. Here's some pics.
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Sarah forgot to put on her helmet on the first rap. She fixed it on the next ones Tom
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My Wife on Rappel and looking good! :2thumbs:
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Anthony getting drenched
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Cliff at the bottom of the second biggest drop, though it had the most water directly in your face. Our pull cord twisted into the rap line when I came down (bad planning on my part) and I got stuck untwisting ropes for about 5 minutes in the middle of freezing water :cold:
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Me on the last big drop. I didn't know if I could go over the top safely so I went down the left side and moved over out of the flow a little further down. Everybody else went over the top easily and stayed out of the majority of the water.
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Cliff at the bottom of the big rappel. This is where a two hundred foot rope would reach to. You could easily walk under the falls to the right of Cliff and get down safely. But, if you missed the ledge it wouldn't be fun.
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Overall an excellent trip with excellent friends... but Cold!! :cold: I think next time I'll wait until July or August. :cool2:
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Sarah forgot to put on her helmet on the first rap. She fixed it on the next ones Tom
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My Wife on Rappel and looking good! :2thumbs:
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Anthony getting drenched
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Cliff at the bottom of the second biggest drop, though it had the most water directly in your face. Our pull cord twisted into the rap line when I came down (bad planning on my part) and I got stuck untwisting ropes for about 5 minutes in the middle of freezing water :cold:
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Me on the last big drop. I didn't know if I could go over the top safely so I went down the left side and moved over out of the flow a little further down. Everybody else went over the top easily and stayed out of the majority of the water.
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Cliff at the bottom of the big rappel. This is where a two hundred foot rope would reach to. You could easily walk under the falls to the right of Cliff and get down safely. But, if you missed the ledge it wouldn't be fun.
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Overall an excellent trip with excellent friends... but Cold!! :cold: I think next time I'll wait until July or August. :cool2: