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| Seven Sister's |
The entire group went on a brief trip to the Seven Sister’s waterfall in the rain forest for the morning. It’s one of the many beautiful waterfalls in Grenada. It has a particular edge for the adventurous – you can either do an easy walk to the last waterfall or get a guide to the first and then hike through all 7. The catch is that after seeing the first one, the only way to see the intervening five is to jump down each one, the last of which is 30 feet tall. And once you’ve started, you’re committed – there is no going back. The enthusiastic 18-year old (who I am going to call F from now on to stop being ageist) of course was gung ho from the first time we heard of it. Me, well, I’m a tad more cautious given that the only thing I’ve jumped off is the side of the pool into the pool. It seems like quite a leap (ha ha) from that to plunging 30 feet into a rock-filled pool, although I’m as ready to jettison reason as the next 36-year old.
No guides were available that day and the path was incredibly muddy because of the rain. So, despite my reason-tossing capabilities, I decided not to hike up with F. Undaunted, he threw off his slippers (we were told the last waterfall was an easy walk from the parking lot) and proceeded to hike up a narrow, steep hill in the mud barefoot in search of waterfall jumping.
Over an hour later, the supervisors went to look for him, and found him tangled and muddy, still searching for a waterfall with enough water to jump down. Instead of returning disappointed, he cheerfully went straight into the main falls and then jumped down the smaller one, which though not probably as satisfying, at least got the job done! I too got into the waterfall pool despite the cold water (eventually), after the ladies gave me a hard time. I have to confess it was wonderfully refreshing - my first swimming in a waterfall experience.
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| My perfect Grenadian hiking slippers.... |
The entire group went on a brief trip to the Seven Sister’s waterfall in the rain forest for the morning. It’s one of the many beautiful waterfalls in Grenada. It has a particular edge for the adventurous – you can either do an easy walk to the last waterfall or get a guide to the first and then hike through all 7. The catch is that after seeing the first one, the only way to see the intervening five is to jump down each one, the last of which is 30 feet tall. And once you’ve started, you’re committed – there is no going back. The enthusiastic 18-year old (who I am going to call F from now on to stop being ageist) of course was gung ho from the first time we heard of it. Me, well, I’m a tad more cautious given that the only thing I’ve jumped off is the side of the pool into the pool. It seems like quite a leap (ha ha) from that to plunging 30 feet into a rock-filled pool, although I’m as ready to jettison reason as the next 36-year old. 
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