crimsonpillarpro

<p>I went to Argentina for a year for school. During that year we had the chance to go to many places. One thing we did that I will never forget was going hiking in the Andes Mountains. We did two long hiking trips, one of which we hiked to one of the highest peaks and were able to see 4 countries, 4 volcanoes - one which was still active, and many miles of land. The other trip was where my little mishap occurred. We took a trail to see 5 waterfalls. Everything was going well until the second to last fall. As anyone that has been hiking fall before knows, IT IS ALOT OF WATER. I had my camera out taking pictures of the gorgeous waterfall. The second waterfall consisted of a beautiful cascade of water falling into a clear pool about 12 feet deep. The water then moved through a 7 foot gap to the next pool and soon to be waterfall - moving thousands of gallons of water though the 7 foot gap that was a little to big to hop over landing on a moss overgrown wet rock. So I did what any good hiker would do, with camera in hand, stepped in - not knowing that a wet rock on the bottom of the gap and those thousands of gallons of water that I talked about earlier would send me slipping, feet flailing in the air, CRASHING into the water, and my camera soon after. My camera never left my death grip, but sadly it wasn't enough and now that camera is sitting in its case in the attic. :-(</p>