So, get your cameras out, record the winter beauty in your area and share it here.
Frozen waterfalls. Let's embrace the beauty of winter.
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Frozen waterfalls. Let's embrace the beauty of winter.
Inspired by Katherine's "This winter SUCKS" thread, I decided to just give in to winter and enjoy the beauty. The dear wife and I took a hike to our local swimming hole today to see how things are doing. It's a small river about five miles from the house on public land. It's used by the locals in the summer. It's a series of three tumbling waterfalls with swimming holes beneath. I've pictures of the lower two, but the upper one was too dangerous to get to due to ice, snow and the need to do some rock climbing. The upper one has the best swimming area, though. The middle falls is about 15' in height. What appears as tumbling water is actually frozen solid. Water is still rushing beneath the ice, though. The lower falls is only about 10' tall, but still a great spot to swim. Second shot is the river exiting the area. This is what you call "lethal beauty". One slip and you're dead!
So, get your cameras out, record the winter beauty in your area and share it here.I was born on a wooden boat that I built myself.
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Nice post Rich!Simpler is better, except when complicated looks really cool. -
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Here's a local one:
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The mainland sea caves north of Bayfield Wisconsin are open right now. The ones out on the islands are nice too. http://www.mnn.com/sites/default/fil...%20apostle.jpgComment
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Well... the Columbia River Gorge is spectacular in a lot of ways. Big waterfalls that freeze in the winter is just one example. But any size or configuration... they're all interesting, and often quite lovely.
ETA - and of course, Rich can walk out his back door and hike to those falls he shot. I'd have to drive an hour to get to Multnomah Falls!
Here's another - Horsetail Falls:
Last edited by David G; 01-23-2014, 03:56 PM.David G
Harbor Woodworks
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"It was a Sunday morning and Goddard gave thanks that there were still places where one could worship in temples not made by human hands." -- L. F. Herreshoff (The Compleat Cruiser)
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David G
Harbor Woodworks
https://www.facebook.com/HarborWoodworks/
"It was a Sunday morning and Goddard gave thanks that there were still places where one could worship in temples not made by human hands." -- L. F. Herreshoff (The Compleat Cruiser)
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Very nice post!
A few years back we were up in Quebec city for winter carnival and on a whim drove out of town if for no other reason than to actually drive the car we were paying $20/day to park in the old town.
Just outside of the city was a beautifully frosted park with a huge frozen waterfall that we admired briefly until I noticed the black specs that were ice climbers.
Them guys was crazy!!!!
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In a land far, far, away...
“Travel is fatal to prejudice, bigotry, and narrow-mindedness, and many of our people need it sorely on these accounts. Broad, wholesome, charitable views of men and things cannot be acquired by vegetating in one little corner of the earth all one's lifetime.”― Mark Twain,Comment
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gawd.........just looking at pictures makes the arthritis in my back hurt...........
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We used to climb this one: the Great White Icicle near Salt Lake City. 5-6 pitches roped, but after we did it a few times we soloed it without placing anchors, which can be safer on this sort of thing.
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