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Most viewed - Rhino Cliffs (Laurel Cr. Gorge) Dennis Cove, TN |
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967 viewsCliff view looking towards part of Big Pond Mtn
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967 viewsThe crack is about 50 feet vertical in height. About half way down is that huge pine tree root which grows sideways out of the crack. It is quite the obstacle actually to get around on this vertical descent. In this pic you can see a small part of the drop from below it.
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966 viewsGoing farther along the ledge I found an undercut edge where I am certain many snakes reside
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964 viewsView of the gorge from our lower vantage point
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961 viewsCliff view of the Laurel Creek gorge which is just above the lower falls
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960 viewsif you look closely you can see Larry Jarret on the tip top of the cliffs as I look back to try and get some scale to the actual height of these amazing cliffs
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959 viewsEven for an experienced crack addict, you can see it took some effort to master this one !
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959 viewsMe, the RAT, in the crack, standing on the pine tree root as it is the only place you can do so (Photo by Larry Jarret)
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957 viewsJohn finds himself in a sea of reds !
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956 viewsJohn eyeballing 'the crack' with much interest as my son Tyler is rigging up ropes to rappel down it.
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956 viewsOnce down the rope I can check out the cliffs to my right
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955 viewsif you look closely you can see Larry Jarret on the tip top of the cliffs as I look back to try and get some scale to the actual height of these amazing cliffs (zoomed)
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955 viewsAnother view across the Diamond Rock
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953 viewsRidge that leads down to the top of the falls
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952 viewsJohn goes ahead of me to complete the last leg of the climb
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951 viewsOnce on top of the pine tree root there is still much vertical to go but its much easier since there are places to get a toe in where below it there is nothing.
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950 viewsLarry supervises our efforts as we come back up the crack
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948 viewsAnother crack, Looking up at the left part of the cliff tops from my puckering ledge perch. if you zoom in you can see Tyler looking down at me through that tiny hole up top !!
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947 viewsThe ledge
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947 viewsThe ledge goes to that point and just around the corner it gets to narrow to safely go any farther
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945 viewsFinally back to the rope landing where we would rest before I gave John a tour of 'the ledge'
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945 viewsJohn watching as Tyler disappears out of sight in the crack anxiously awaiting his turn !
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944 viewsView from cliffs (taken with my larger camera)
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940 viewsif you look closely you can see Larry Jarret on the tip top of the cliffs as I look back to try and get some scale to the actual height of these amazing cliffs
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