Yesterday’s photos didn’t do justice to the gorge. This short video gives a feeling for the water streaming down the sides and the sounds of the rushing stream.
This longer video is a virtual tour that shows the whole walk. (Skip to about 5:30 for the most interesting part.):
The wonders of modern technology.
March 24, 2022
that was incredible! I made it full screen and turned the sound up. it’s like I was walking right along with the hiker. what is amazing to me … and I can’t get it out of my head… WHO in the world built the structures that made it Safe!???
I’d like to know how long it took and who even thought of Doing that?! because at times the path is so narrow … it’s unimaginable! and it’s not like the raging waters could be turned off until it was completed! anyway. thank you so much for this. it was fabulous. XO
Now that you mention it, I wonder about that too!
And the SOUND of it is like a train! You don’t usually think of water as having a sound.
It was a safe but wild place.
There is a gorge area in Waikato area – I’ll link it as it has similar walks and trails as this one, maybe not so long but still the water in any gorge is hamstrung by the “tunnel effect” https://www.thecoromandel.com/activities/must-do/karangahake-gorge/
how amazing that your walk all those years ago, still very much in place in this century…
It’s even more of a tourist attraction now…there are so many more people in the world,
it is truly amazing, for all the reasons in the comments above. just cutting the tunnels and preparing the walk for pedestrians is amazing all by itself and then the rushing water and those chiseled mountainsides. awe inspiring
That water was busy carving the path through the mountainside. Andy and I went to Zion National Park once. The Virgin River flowed gently through the valley. but the information pointed out it had done all the carving. “Small but active,” they said. The water had more power during the spring runoff.
Ditto what tammyj’s written! I marvel at the idea, tho’ so many things — ourselves included — is temporary, THIS feels eternal. I loved the part where she left her name on the small rock. before carefully replacing it.
Were it not for modern technology, I would never have realized this existed. Thank you for sharing!
Thanks to modern technology we can have all sorts of adventures. without having to travel.
“ARE temporary”, I meant to say. I know better!
We all do things like that. I didn’t notice until you mentioned it.
Fabulous. This really does remind me of the place we went to. It was in Watkins Glenn NY. I can’t remember the exact name of the gorge but I loved every second of it. These videos were almost like being back there.