Sigua Falls Hike

On Martin Luthor King Jr. weekend a group of us went on a hike up to Sigua Falls. This hike I enjoyed much more than the one to Priests' Pools. There was a bit more of a challenge and quite a bit more climbing. These two pictures were taken about an hour or two into the trip when we could finally see the falls across the valley. We walked part of the way and then a few of us sat on our feet and just slid down the side of the mountain. (It had rained the day before, so everything was very slippery.) Believe it or not, I loved it!

























After we reached the bottom the the falls, most of our group chose to go for a little swim, diving in from a few feet up by the waterfall. At this time, I wasn't really interested in swimming. I was more cureous to see if I could climb to the top of the falls. Judging from the steepness of both sides of the falls, I decided it would be more efficient to climb over the mountain and then down onto the falls. Once I had planned my route, I was off on my adventure. I discovered later that I actually chose the more difficult way. Oh, well. The greater the challenge, the more enjoyable the success:) I really did enjoy this extra little hike, possibly more than I would have if I had gone the easier way. I took quite a bit longer than I had expected, though, and my companions began to get a little worried. It all turned out alright in the end, though. This picture was taken from the top of the mountain, looking down on the smaller fall at the top. I had to hold my camera out over the edge because I couldn't quite see where the ground started to decline. It had rained the day before and the ground was muddy and extremely slippery.
Coming down the mountain was a bit more challenging. I was climbing over trees, burshing ants from my arms and dodging giant spiders (probably the most exciting, most difficult, and longest part of my excursion:), but I finally made it to the river and the waterfalls. I took this picture while sitting on the edge of the larger water fall.

This is our hiking group. I reached the top of the falls just in time to see them gather for a group picture just before leaving. I didn't feel like we stayed at the falls for very long at all, but that could be because I was climbing the whole 45 minutes while they were swimming. I wouldn't have traded activities for the world, though. Some day I'll have to go back when we can spend another hour or two out there. I'd like to walk down the river just for the sake of seeing what else there is.