That might be a pretty mean insult…but not when it’s cliffs like this! Sorry, the pics aren’t great b/c most were taken with my phone.
Monday of our trip Jack & Becky took us up to Abiquiu (abi-cue) Lake to test our nerves jumping from up to 35’ or 40’. Brian & Jack had no fear and jumped right in off the tallest point. Becky coaxed me to the 20 footer where I stood at the edge for forever before I decided to head down to the 10’ ledge. She jumped off with no problem! I can typically “turn off” the fear factor in my brain and just go for things like this, but for some reason I was exceptionally timid this day. I only jumped in 3x from the lowest edge before we decided to swim to the far side of the lake to skip rocks.
On the far side of the lake I got a little more comfortable with the water and Becky and I had fun doing front and back flips off a rock. I even successfully completed 2 front flips with a full twist. Too bad I couldn’t bring the camera with me :). Jack attempted several times to do a front flip but just couldn’t quite get it. He’s more of a diver and did some good dives off the rock! After a bit, we decided to swim back to the cliffs so I could take some pictures of everyone jumping.
top of the ridge, the cliffs are waaaaay down there.
midway down the ridge, getting closer!
one side
the other side
Sequence of Becky, Jack & Brian jumping (this is about 20-25’):
And from the higher point (35-40’):
And Brian and me jumping!":
hi-fiving at the bottom!
Here’s a video of J, B & B jumping off the high cliff. It was a beautiful day, perfect weather and we were the only ones there for most of the time. The water was great and no one got hurt. Yay!
3 comments:
braver than i!!! still wonder why we didnt do this while dan and i visited in march. i think becky won the biggest splash contest.
That would scare me to death. I would pass out from nerves before I ever climbed to the top.
This trip looked like so much fun! I need some half marathon tips before I run mine in November!!!
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