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Saturday, October 15, 2011
Kaaterskill Falls: Highest in NY State
Rain, wind and Fall. This is what October is about. Intent on doing something with views in the Catskills since the weather was great, when it started raining I headed for Kaaterskill Falls. Although there is debate about it being the highest (Taughannock Falls drops 215 feet in a single plunge) the NYS historical sign at the parking lot confirms Kaaterskill Falls as the highest. So what if it requires two plunges?
As always, it was a pretty walk. Loads of people out on this day despite the change in weather conditions. The creek was raging with the previous two days of rain. Not satisfied with the views at the bottom (actually I was) I did a bit of exploring. After climbing to the top of the lower fall, I made my way around in back of the upper fall. A beautiful rainbow kept appearing from time to time. Unfortunately there was no evidence of any gold at the end.
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You got a lot of money shots, Chris Hiker. Kaaterskill was really putting out.
ReplyDeleteI love the sound of waterfalls. So hypnotic. It drowns out the incessant chatter in my brain, the often useless self-dialogue of the monkey mind, helping me live in the now.
I see you've amped up your video editing. Always a good thing. Which program are you using? Which format/settings are you using for compression?
Are you going to go to Taughannock? I went there about 15 years ago during the summer. I don't remember being overly impressed with the falls, however just down stream from the falls the river flows over wide, long rock slabs, an area that is quite captivating. I remember many people wearing bathing suits and sunning themselves on the rock slabs. I have a picture of it somewhere, in some box. I think it's worth a trip. That area is pretty, and close to Ithaca, which is a nice little city.