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    Shoshone Falls

    While up to the Idaho Regatta all the locals keep telling us to go see the falls.... it has been a long time since this much water was pouring over Shoshone Falls and it was spectacular... I'd been to the falls before but never seen them thundering like they are right now.

    For those that don't know... Shoshone Falls is located just outside Twin Falls Idaho on the Snake River.

    FYI: Sometimes called the "Niagara of the West," Shoshone Falls are 212 feet (64.7 m) high--36 feet (10.97 m) higher than Niagara Falls-- and flows over a rim 900 feet (274 m) wide.

    And if you want to see some pictures from the boat races go here:
    http://www.bogley.com/forum/viewtopic.php?p=178580

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    I almost got time to go see this a week ago while I was up there. Wish I did.

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    We also stopped at the bridge, hiked some of the trails, and visited the Upper Falls (Twin Falls). We spent about 1/2 a day in the area and I'm happy we did.

    If you hit the bridge at the right time there are base jumpers.

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    awesome falls

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    Quote Originally Posted by Iceaxe
    If you hit the bridge at the right time there are base jumpers.

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    Is it legal up there?

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    Not only legal.... they even have a base jumping school.....

    Here is some interesting info on base jumping off Perrine Bridge (Twin Falls) that I found:
    http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/etick...?page=basejump



    Idiots.....


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    Quote Originally Posted by Iceaxe
    Not only legal.... they even have a base jumping school.....

    Here is some interesting info on base jumping off Perrine Bridge (Twin Falls) that I found:
    http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/etick...?page=basejump



    Idiots.....

    There's a National Geographic HD show called, Eigor base jump, and the jumper-in-training jumped this bridge 11x before the infamous and "best" one called "Eigor" in Switzerland. He wears a HD camera and the shot from the bridge in Idaho is edge-of-your-seat entertainment from my 45" TV.

    Also speaking of the bridge they say its the only manmade structure in the US where basejumping is legal, 365x/yr.

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    I'll go base jumping one of these days. I need a better helmetcam.

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    Re: Shoshone Falls

    Quote Originally Posted by Iceaxe
    While up to the Idaho Regatta all the locals keep telling us to go see the falls.... it has been a long time since this much water was pouring over Shoshone Falls and it was spectacular... I'd been to the falls before but never seen them thundering like they are right now.
    WOW. When I've seen those falls, the water has been a fraction of that...or was it even dry one time?

    Thanks for sharing.

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    FWIW: this is a more typical picture of the falls


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    God damnit! I was on I-84 yesterday and I tried to convince the wife to pull over and look at the falls. We were running late and she refused. I was kind of figuring that they would be flowing high with all the rain we had recently

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    I rafted and almost died in the Snake right above those falls, something to see for sure!

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