Monday, January 27, 2014

cliff diving

10 min prompt

my dad has always taken us camping. mostly at table rock lake.  most of the time i spent camping i would stay on the beach, collecting shells, bits of glass and sticks. i love the lake, because the flooding of the valley has washed away all the dirt, and left long stretches of Ozark limestone out in the air. sometimes the limestone is a cliff face, near Old 86, there is a cliff that has broken down to allow two jumps, one 5 feet in the air, one 20. i love this cliff, because you have to climb up one flat side using roots and foot holes to make your way up. the top of the cliff is beautiful, you can see the lake in three directions. i like to do the 20 foot dive, because if you close your eyes, the fall feels just a little too long and makes your stomach twist.

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