Gushing water makes the most perfect jumping platforms.
So you’ve dived off your local diving boards. We’ve all done
it. It’s really nothing special, but we all have a mountain of fun doing it.
Maybe you even had the balls to hit the 5 metre platform and
well, if you were lucky enough for your local pool to have a 10 metre then my
hat off if you ever tried a blackout off one of those bad boys.
Cascading in the Rio Micos was completely different.
Cascading is a fancy Mexican term for caving. Well OK, its
not that fancy but it involves launching yourself of waterfalls (cascadas in
spanish) and into the depths that lie beneath. I am sure these experiences are
not limited to Mexico or La Hausteca but your challenge is to find a more
impressive landscape to try this activity for your first time.
Rio Micos has vast quantities of dissolved and suspended
minerals that absorb all spectrums of light, except for blue. Therefore the
water, like most in the Haustec region on the Gulf of Mexico are a mesmerising
turquoise.
These waterfalls are ‘young’, literally thousands of years
old. Over time, the trees that hugged the rock shrouded banks of the Rio Micos
extended their roots out for more nourishing soils, subsequently ending up
feeling for the rivers base. Over time, the dissolved minerals in the water
calcified and hardened these tree roots to create a system of 8 consecutive escarpments
for the water to flow over, leaving huge plunge pits for those intrepid enough
to leap from their platforms.
Check out the video, we had a lot of fun getting this
footage to give you an insight into some activities in this incredible part of
the world.
Thanks to Enrique Aguado for his expert guidance.
Email us at info (@) thisworldexists.com for his contact
details.
- Ryan