Waterfall repelling in Western OR or WA?

[Mel053086]

Washington local driving the Pacific coast highway from orange county caifornia to seattle and desperatley want to go waterfall reppeling, any suggestions?

[mkporwit]

[BlitZ933]

Just that if you can't even spell rappelling correctly, you might want to brush up on technique before you hurt yourself?

 

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Abseiling

 

http://www.rock-climbing-for-life.com/rappelling.html

 

If your talking about rapping *next to* a waterfall there area few scenic ones in Oregon, but none near the coast that I know of (the coastal area in general isn't likely to have many large waterfalls). Your probably also looking at a legal issue because most larger waterfalls are in state/federal parks, and the rangers won't want you anywhere near them with climbing gear.

 

If your talking about rapping *in* the waterfall, I'd highly advise against that. Your standard climbing gear has force limits on it, and with that much water pounding your body, you stand a chance of some of your gear failing. At the least, I'd recommend using the beefiest harness and carabiners that you can find, with a descender of some type, like this one:

 

http://www.gearexpress.biz/Merchant2/merchant.mv?Screen=PROD&Store_Code=G&Product_Code=9071

 

Be sure to back it up with the friction knot of your choice, and I'd use a heavy dry-treated static line (10.5 or 11mm), not a dynamic rope.

[Edlinger]

Try Comet Falls up by Mt. Rainier or Drury Falls out of Leavenworth(The Cascades biggest baddest waterfall).

[G-spotter]

Why rappel in a waterfall when you can get all the spray you can handle right here?

[AlpineK]

One guy kayaked this earlier this year.

[img:center]http://www.spokaneoutdoors.com/images/pfalls01.jpg[/img]

 

Rappelling the falls is the obvious next step. Of course this is Eastern Washington, so it might not fit into your plans. The falls are 198' high. I bet you don't want to reset partway down, so bring an appropriate rope. 400' at least if you want to pull the rope from the bottom.

[cman]

You might want to try this site out http://www.canyoneeringnorthwest.com/

I think you should go for snoqualmie falls