A trek to India's highest waterfalls

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The Trek: This trek was a real challenge!. I decided to go along the river leading up to the grand Jog Falls, India's highest. It was extremely humid and the mid day sun was unforgiving. I had to trek on mostly slippery rock and since this time I didn't bring a guide along with me I had to be extremely cautious on each step. There were some tricky parts and I had to make some leaps of faith, and I kept stopping to dry my clothes and socks as high humidity meant almost no evaporation. A trick I picked up on Man vs wild. There were interesting fish in the stream and the landscape was amazing, but the real reward was walking up to the edge of the falls at the end.
The Falls:The falls were spectacular, even though low rainfall meant low water volume their height made up for it. An evening overcast made the entire scene even more dramatic. It had taken me more than 20 hours of travel to get to the falls and it was worth it!

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Photos

On my trek
sweating like hell.

Trek
Getting close to the falls.

It begins
The water picking up speed.

At the edge!
This was freakin scary, esp since I'm afraid of heights.

The falls
Stunning side view