{"id":9136,"date":"2026-11-08T23:29:28","date_gmt":"2026-11-09T06:29:28","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/?p=9136"},"modified":"2026-11-08T23:29:30","modified_gmt":"2026-11-09T06:29:30","slug":"twenty-twenty-six-day-three-one-three-vertiginous","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dresan.com\/blog\/2026\/11\/08\/twenty-twenty-six-day-three-one-three-vertiginous\/","title":{"rendered":"[twenty twenty six day three one three]: vertiginous"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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From Catawba Falls, which has a 60 foot tower halfway up its staggering 580 step climb. Man, this tower messes with my vertigo – I tried to get a good picture holding my phone over the edge of the falls, but my reflexes kept on saying “pull it in, man, you’re going to drop it!” <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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I’d say “well, it ain’t no Hudson Dam” in terms of tall things you can look over the edge of, and that’s technically true of the tower proper, but actually the whole of Catawba Falls is comparable in height. So don’t drop your phone. You will indeed be sad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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-the Centaur<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pictured: three views from the tower, including one with a drone flying in the distance.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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