Epic Waterfalls Hiking Day: It's a Wrap!
Jul. 11th, 2023 09:43 pm![[personal profile]](https://www.dreamwidth.org/img/silk/identity/user.png){kind=small}
canyonwalkerWhew. I am now done with blogging about the epic waterfalls hiking day we had a week ago Monday (July 3). Seven different falls, seven different trails, and it only took a week to catch up. Though I did say a week ago that it'd take me a week to finish. 😅 The falls were:
With Warm Springs and Lemolo left on the list for last, we chose to hike Warm Springs Falls first because it was the easier of the two. Its 0.6 mile round trip distance and lack of significant climbing meant we were sure we both could do it at the end of the day. The Lemolo Falls Trail was 2 miles round trip with an ascent of almost 1,000 feet on the return. By late in the day Hawk was not in condition to do that. I thought I might be.... But even if I were, I calculated that hiking a trail that long would have us arriving at our hotel in Portland (we drove 419 miles in addition to hiking 7 trails!) close to 1am. Thus I decided bailing out on Lemolo Falls was the right thing to do.
By Tuesday morning it was clear skipping Lemolo falls was absolutely the right thing to do. One of my feet was badly sore with a blister. I am sad that I missed Lemolo Falls... though missing it is only for now. It goes on the list to hike on our next trip in that area!
Well, two big things were different. First, those eight falls were on one epic trail, the Trail of Ten Falls. Second, I recorded video at most of the falls. I then spliced together 10 or so short clips into a 2m 40s video. That turned out to be easier than processing photos and writing about them. With Tuesday's seven falls I forgot about doing video.
Seeing now how the efforts compare I will endeavor to make video more often on my hiking trips.
- Susan Creek Falls
- Fall Creek Falls
- Toketee Falls (and carwash!)
- Watson Falls
- Whitehorse Falls
- Clearwater Falls
- Warm Springs Falls
With Warm Springs and Lemolo left on the list for last, we chose to hike Warm Springs Falls first because it was the easier of the two. Its 0.6 mile round trip distance and lack of significant climbing meant we were sure we both could do it at the end of the day. The Lemolo Falls Trail was 2 miles round trip with an ascent of almost 1,000 feet on the return. By late in the day Hawk was not in condition to do that. I thought I might be.... But even if I were, I calculated that hiking a trail that long would have us arriving at our hotel in Portland (we drove 419 miles in addition to hiking 7 trails!) close to 1am. Thus I decided bailing out on Lemolo Falls was the right thing to do.
By Tuesday morning it was clear skipping Lemolo falls was absolutely the right thing to do. One of my feet was badly sore with a blister. I am sad that I missed Lemolo Falls... though missing it is only for now. It goes on the list to hike on our next trip in that area!
Is Video Easier than Stills?
Last week Monday wasn't even our only day of hiking an epic seven waterfalls. We hiked eight falls the Saturday before it! And I didn't get backlogged on writing about those. What gives?!Well, two big things were different. First, those eight falls were on one epic trail, the Trail of Ten Falls. Second, I recorded video at most of the falls. I then spliced together 10 or so short clips into a 2m 40s video. That turned out to be easier than processing photos and writing about them. With Tuesday's seven falls I forgot about doing video.
Seeing now how the efforts compare I will endeavor to make video more often on my hiking trips.
