Frozen Wonderland

ZaplinG

United States3818 Posts

January 18 2009 02:52 GMT

So after a night of heavy drinking, my roommates and I decided this morning that since it has been so fucking cold these past few days, we were going exploring. Our objective was to try and find some frozen waterfalls.

We found them.

Here are some pics. I've left out most of the ones that are just of people doing dumb stuff or climbing big ass boulders and tried to keep in the ones that really show the grandness of the places we found.

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In addition to seeing some really awesome stuff, we also got in some healthy rock climbing, hiking, and just general exploring. For most of these pictures, we had to climb up almost an entire mountain to get there. I had a blast!

We are going to try to head out again tomorrow morning!

deathgod6

United States5064 Posts

January 18 2009 02:56 GMT

Nice pics. Did you and your friends have a hangover?

Megalisk

United States6095 Posts

January 18 2009 02:57 GMT

Sick pics dude, how cold was it?

ZaplinG

United States3818 Posts

January 18 2009 02:57 GMT

Nah, I don't really get hangovers, but my one of my roomies did. He soon got over it once we started hiking around.

It was pretty warm, actually. A light jacket and a t-shirt were all I needed to stay warm. My hands did start to get a little cold, but that was only because they were out and touching frozen stuff a lot.

ZaplinG

United States3818 Posts

January 18 2009 03:00 GMT

Also, surprisingly, only one of us fell in the water while doing crazy stuff. Thankfully the water was only about thigh-deep and he didn't freeze to death, haha

Chill

Calgary26004 Posts

January 18 2009 03:10 GMT

wow so sick

Pwntrucci[sR]

Canada1519 Posts

January 18 2009 03:12 GMT

Dude that's fucking awesome haha. Magical adventures in the woods are awesome but I've never had one that was half that noice.

DoctorHelvetica

United States15034 Posts

January 18 2009 03:14 GMT

wow that's incredible.

Not a lot of amazing nature stuff here in SD, just beaches and a few woodsy areas. I'm jealous, since I really love hiking.

Glider

United States1353 Posts

January 18 2009 03:20 GMT

amazing pictures, must be such an awesome experience!

Athos

United States2484 Posts

January 18 2009 03:21 GMT

#10

Where exactly is this?

Awesome pics

ChaoSbringer

Australia1382 Posts

January 18 2009 03:30 GMT

#11

Theres something about a frozen waterfall that just makes them look sorta creepy to me. Like they're not meant to be. Interesting pictures though.

Not_Computer

Canada2277 Posts

January 18 2009 03:31 GMT

#12

i find frozen waterfalls so awesome
and the third picture looks like a coiled snake frozen

Dgtl

Canada889 Posts

January 18 2009 03:38 GMT

#13

wow that is amazing. It must have gotten cold extremely fast for the water to freeze like that.

SayaSP

Laos5494 Posts

January 18 2009 05:16 GMT

#14

Oh man, the recommended one is so awesome

micronesia

United States24805 Posts

January 18 2009 05:18 GMT

#15

It's incredible they're so frozen yet you can walk around with so little warm clothing on. I'd think it would have to get down to like 0F in order to get conditions like that.

ZaplinG

United States3818 Posts

January 18 2009 05:39 GMT

#16

On January 18 2009 12:21 Athos wrote:
Where exactly is this?

Awesome pics

thanks everyone

Im in the western part North Carolina, but from my uni it was only about a 10 minute drive. We just pulled off the side of the road whenever things looked promising and started climbing. Great for a day hike!

Because things were frozen, it really made it hard to climb around on the rocks near the waterfall. Walking along the trees that formed bridges over the streams was kind of tricky too due to the ice :O It's lucky that no one really got hurt; we were doing all sorts of stupid stuff.

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