Other – Platte Clove, NY

July 14, 2018

Arrived at about 11am with a group of 5 people.
Weather: was sunny and about 75-80 degrees-ish?
Waterflow: Tame and amiable.
Number of rappels: 4. We didn’t go further down to the 5th waterfall. Too lazy.

We followed the trail towards Plattekill falls but then broke off left down a social trail to the next waterfall downstream. Rappelled off to the left of the falls which wasn’t too slippery (pic 1). Proceeded to the second rappel which was much more slippery! The third rappel was a nice short wall (second picture, top right – from another day, just for reference). I tossed my green rope bag, which tumbled under a log and was forgotten. I think everyone thought someone else had it.
We then finished up with the last rappel which was nice and easy (pic 3). The pool below was only about waist height on me (about 3ft deep – I’m pretty short). The water was super nice!

I’d rather not talk about the scramble back to the car because it was terrible and I’m a child.

Returned the next day at the butt-crack of dawn and ran the whole thing again to retrieve my rope bag, because that’s money.

Lessons learned: I need to keep better track of my gear.