July 8, 2009: Gocta Falls

[xoxoxoBruce]

Here's something you've not likely seen, or even heard of.

There is a final secret of Northern Peru that should be visited if possible - and this was a real secret to outsiders until very recently. That is the incredible and only recently discovered (by Westerners of course, the locals have known about it for as long as they have been there) Gocta Falls. This twin drop waterfall is said to be the third longest in the world (hotly debated), at seven hundred and seventy one meters. The ‘discovery’ was not made until 2005.

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That 2530 feet, folks, hell of a drop in a kayak.

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