Mel053086 Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Washington local driving the Pacific coast highway from orange county caifornia to seattle and desperatley want to go waterfall reppeling, any suggestions? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mkporwit Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BlitZ933 Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edlinger Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Try Comet Falls up by Mt. Rainier or Drury Falls out of Leavenworth(The Cascades biggest baddest waterfall). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
G-spotter Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Why rappel in a waterfall when you can get all the spray you can handle right here? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
AlpineK Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 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. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cman Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 You might want to try this site out http://www.canyoneeringnorthwest.com/ I think you should go for snoqualmie falls Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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