Sparky
Joined: 08 Dec 2003
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Location: PDX8/11/14 9:46 AM |
One time when we where teens still, we went up state camping. The small but fast river was this pristine narrow waterway. It had this 20' foot drop into a small quarry maybe 30' wide by 90' before it hit some other small falls. We had a jump off point maybe 15' off a ledge on the one side. Considering I was probably 6" shorter, it may have be closer to 10, memory and all. ;) It was highish though, and as a teen I frequented the higher diving boards at Palisades Amusement Park Pool a lot. I think the big one was 20'. I digress, as does my memory probably. ;) 40+ years ago...
Long story short, [too late] once you hit the water you could do nothing else but get your ass out by reflex action, very involuntary. Yesterday not quite that bad, I meandered out.
I remember trying to see how deep it was upstate and that I thought I could touch bottom on two jumps. After a few in and outs I guess there was some acclimation to a degree. I would get maybe 12-15' deep and the brain just made you head up and get out. Once out standing there wet I remember it felt warm outside, which it really wasn't. It was pre-noon upstate NY on the Easter holiday from school. ;)
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