![]() ![]() That way I thought if my son lost his footing, I'd be able to stop his fall." At one point, the subject had to scoot across a large boulder to reach his son all of a sudden "my foot caught, I started sliding and then tumbling down the rock, and then I fell over the edge.I thought I might die." The subject took a 15- to 20-foot fall, landing on his back on a boulder below (the subject already suffered from chronic lower back pain and had two implanted neurostimulators). When they all turned to head back down, the subject was immediately concerned about his son slipping and falling on the rocks the subject explains, "I was trying to get ahead of my son and map out the best course to take. There they took pictures with another father-son pair they had met along the way. ![]() The subject and his son made it to the base of Bridalveil Fall, which is approximately one-eighth of a mile, with a 200-foot elevation gain, above the viewing platform. Although the boulders were dry, they were still extremely slick over the years, the boulders have been polished smooth by water from Bridalveil Fall (even rescuers that day, wearing approach shoes with sticky rubber soles, had trouble with their footing). The pair then left the established trail to scramble up the boulder field toward the base of the waterfall ( left), bypassing signs that advise against leaving the trail. The subject, a 48 year-old male, along with his nine-year-old son, had hiked to the viewing platform below Bridalveil Fall. ![]()
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