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Bathing at the bottom of small waterfalls in incredibly exhilarating. Standing in the rush of water you get to slowly replace the grime stuck to you with the characteristics of the falls around you. Afterwards you feel fresh, clean, and beautiful. Waterfalls are the first and best shower ever invented.

As cool as that experience can be, there is a waterfall-related bathing activity that far exceeds it. Bathing at the top of HUGE waterfalls.

Usually bathing at the top of waterfalls is a recipe for trouble. Water that is about to slide off a cliff has an unfortunate tendency of encouraging other things to slide of the cliff. Because of this I usually discourage the top-of-waterfall bath. However, some waterfalls have a small sheltered area, a pool of relative tranquility, that will allow you to safely bathe in water that is about to free fall off a mountain. Just be really sure that such a pool exists before jumping in.

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