09 Jan PM – Ocho Rios, One Never Ending Water Fall!

Ocho Rios, One Never Ending
Water Fall!

In Ocho Rios there is the famous
Dunn’s River Falls. As we piled up by the entrance gate none of us
knew what we were getting ourselves in for. Yard after yard, we walked
towards the falls but heard no rushing water. We expected this to be
easy maybe even a trickle. However as we crept upon it the hushed
roar can be heard over the bustling crowd. The closer we got the more
our anticipation built! Finally we came to the stairway that would
bring us to the waters side. A river as wide as 2 car lengths with
cliffs as tall as houses was what we were up against. We thought the one
cliff was the challenge however the never ending staircase to the
bottom showed that we were looking to climb over a quarter mile in
distance and 600 feet in elevation.

As we exited a tunnel and climbed
the final stair case we could see that the falls ended in a beautiful
white sand beach looking out onto a reef. However working on our
tans was not our objective. As we looked at this monstrous falls, we see Prof. Warren ascending like a squirrel up this precariously
placed tree trunk onto the first cliff of the falls. Every student
went cliff after cliff, water rushing into their faces, feeling
around blindly looking for hand holds and edges to place their feet.
Some of the daring students climbed cliffs that were completely
vertical surfaces with only hope that there would be edges for them
to hold onto next, cause once you're 10 feet up a cliff, gallons of
water pouring straight on your body, there was no climbing back down.
Despite the treacherous cliffs and risky situations we got ourselves
in I’m proud to say that there was not a single student who did not
reach it to the top! In fact most of us did it twice. Heck, Kyle did
it 4 times!!!!!

Picture 1 (640x361)
One Daunting Sight

Picture 2 (640x324)
The Starting Line

Picture 3 (640x362)
25 feet above. Do not
Jump! Tempting I know…

– Aaron

2 thoughts on “09 Jan PM – Ocho Rios, One Never Ending Water Fall!

  1. Really cool, congrats to all.One day you can travel with us to Puerto Rico and visit the falls in the Rain Forest. They too are a sight to see. Continue your adventure, take lots of pics and take care of my baby.

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