1069 viewsthe rope hanging down from the crack Nov 11, 2026 at 05:44 PM
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1066 viewsTyler on his first descent of the crack using the rope and harness he rigged up (Taken with my larger camera) Nov 11, 2026 at 05:44 PM
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1075 viewsView from cliffs looking at Big Pond Mtn (taken with my larger camera) Nov 11, 2026 at 05:44 PM
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1056 viewsView from cliffs (taken with my larger camera) Nov 11, 2026 at 05:44 PM
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1083 viewsZoomed view of gorge from cliff top (taken with my larger camera) Nov 11, 2026 at 05:44 PM
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1000 viewsTop of the crack. Nov 11, 2026 at 05:44 PM
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1061 viewsFollowing the narrow ledge Nov 11, 2026 at 05:44 PM
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1083 viewsZoomed shot of Laurel Creek way down below us Nov 11, 2026 at 05:44 PM
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1045 viewsThis we called Fornication Point and is the landing zone at the bottom of the ropeNov 11, 2026 at 05:44 PM
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1138 viewsTaken inside the Grandfather Mountain Park Museum 10-19-2012Nov 11, 2026 at 05:27 PM
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1029 viewsView from the mile high swinging bridge taken 10-19-2012Nov 11, 2026 at 05:26 PM
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1116 viewsTyler working on rigging some ropes above 'the crack' Nov 11, 2026 at 04:59 PM
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1055 viewsLooking across the right side of the Rhino Cliff tops Nov 11, 2026 at 04:59 PM
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1076 viewsView of the gorge from cliff side Nov 11, 2026 at 04:59 PM
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1025 viewsLooking up at Tyler who is back at the top of the crack. He was the first one down and back before any of the rest of us went down but, he eventually came back down again to join John and I to continue much farther down to explore the cliffs more thoroughly Nov 11, 2026 at 04:58 PM
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1089 viewsTyler takes in the views as he stands upon the Diamond Rock Nov 11, 2026 at 04:58 PM
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972 viewsThis is part of the drop that would require roping to continue (safely) down and would be the first major obstacle you would encounter if climbing up from the bottom. it would be hard to do that as you would be unable to throw a rope up that high so would require some serious freestyle climbing ! Nov 11, 2026 at 04:58 PM
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1060 viewsAfter a considerable climb farther down the cliff spine we discovered what we call the Diamond Rock. Here is Tyler as he stands upon it with John looking on. You can see the elation in John`s face ! Nov 11, 2026 at 04:58 PM
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1033 viewsJohn gnome poses the Diamond Rock ! Nov 11, 2026 at 04:58 PM
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1046 viewsLaurel Creek gorge Nov 11, 2026 at 04:58 PM
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1042 viewsView of the Diamond Rock from the perch John was previously on (main spine) Nov 11, 2026 at 04:58 PM
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1098 viewsView from the Diamond Rock looking down on where Lower laurel Falls is Nov 11, 2026 at 04:58 PM
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1033 viewsJohn is gnome posing on the top of the next drop over from me as I stand upon the Diamond Rock which would be required if one was to continue down the main ridge towards the top of the falls. There are maybe two more drops you could do without a rope but any farther would not be easily possible. Nov 11, 2026 at 04:58 PM
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1013 viewsGoing left from the rope landing point, I found a VERY narrow ledge that I followed a long ways around the side of the cliffs. It is about 60 feet down from the top and there is about a 70 to 80 foot vertical drop below it where you would hit ground that is far from anything called level. Nov 11, 2026 at 04:56 PM
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