Bridalveil Fall

I nearly killed myself here and am only alive today because of god. Although spiritually it was an important moment in my life, I don’t want someone else to kill themselves needlessly because the rocks are slippery and it is very easy to get hurt or worse.

I had climbed on a large rock way up above the signs warning you to take a picture. After that as I was about to climb down I slipped falling 30ft head first out of control. I was lucky enough to have my body wedged between 2 rocks inches before the ground and survived. Although I was badly bruised I didn’t break any bones. It took me more than an hour to climb back down bloody and soaked, and no one had seen my fall or helped me. Because there were 2 other climbers who fell that day, I could not get any treatment at the Yosemite medical clinic, and ended up driving all the way home (5 hours) to Los Angeles stiff as a board.

Beautiful scenes of nature and falling water. It’s like essence of trazuility.

Don’t forget to take an umbrella with you if you plan on walking up to the falls. You’ll get soaked it you don’t!

This is just a short walk from the parking area and was running even in late September. Don’t climb on the rocks, even dry, they are polished extremely smooth.

As I was leaving a bunch of Japanese tourists were learning the Macarena