Every so often Duke Power does a release of Lake Glenville near Cashiers, NC on the weekends. The first Saturday release was a rainy / bad drone flying day - so we went on Sunday and bright and sunny. Dam was already a bit open so more than normal flow pre - release. Then at 10 am they open the sluice gates and a torrent of water comes flowing down the river bed. Take about 5 minutes to hit High Falls and then it gets real crazy. Typically a bunch of kayakers go down river from the falls, but think Hurricane Zeta back in the fall dropped A LOT of trees into the river and across part of the trail - making it a bit rougher hiking in. I got up high - as there is another fall - called First Falls up river before High Falls that is typically not seen or anyone goes to - no real trail to it and most people do not know it exists. It's first to get the mass flow and has a nice drop as well. Flying in a bowl presents many issues - GPS signal acquiring and such. We picked a good open spot - yet when the falls is fully flowing - a ton of spray and I got soaked in the process. Not ot mention landing a drone in a precarious spot with lots of wind and water spray. WE ALL DID FINE, other than fairly cool - about 60 degrees that morning.
Picture is pre -release flow - so compare the differences.
Picture is pre -release flow - so compare the differences.