Cliff diving is something I've always wanted to do at one point in my life but was never sure what or even where to do it at. I ended up just googling spots around me and decided to go. I took my sister with me and the two of us went on a hike to the spot. Luckily it actually wasn't too far of a hike and the drive wasn't as bad either. The weather wasn't too bad, maybe a little chilly but still pretty warm.
You have to climb up to the jumping spot, it's a small trail and it doesn't look to high until you get there. This is me making my way up to it. There is a smaller jump at 20 feet which I didn't know but I still would've opted for the higher 40 feet still even if I did.
Once You get there, as a first timer it's just paralyzing. I was actually standing and staring at the lake for probably 30 minutes. I have video of me getting ready and changing my mind, pretty embarrassing.
I learned the hard way that you should not jump during the cold season because the water level gets low and really cold. I also learned that landing a certain way is not good. I tried to keep my feet straight but right when I hit the water it collapsed and bent inward and my butt hit the water. It was REALLY sore after that......anyways I was ecstatic from the coldness of the water and the fact that I touched the bottom of the lake woke me up. It was very fun and I'm glad that I did it even though it wasn't a very good or smart time to do it.
Well that was my first experience cliff diving. Here are some more pictures of the hike. It was truly beautiful.
Woah, that’s a big jump! The gif of you jumping is awesome. 😎
Thank you! =] It really was a big jump! I didn't think it was going to be so high. Looking from the bottom up is very different than being at the top looking down. I wanna do a jump again but with a better landing and perhaps a flip next time.
Congratulations @milife! You have completed some achievement on Steemit and have been rewarded with new badge(s) :
Click on any badge to view your own Board of Honor on SteemitBoard.
For more information about SteemitBoard, click here
If you no longer want to receive notifications, reply to this comment with the word
STOPwow, nice adventure, but also scary !
thank you! it was pretty scary for a little but you just have to jump and once you're in the air, it's just so much fun.