McAffee Knob Drop-off

[Rockhound]

If you are really in a big hurry to get to the "Homeplace", you can jump and just grab tree branches on the way down to slow your ascent. Ya'll saw Rambo right?

[Omega Man]

So ... has anybody ever heard stories of somebody maybe getting blown off the precipice? Or simply getting too close and taking a header? What about the edges of the rock breaking away? Will it hold a 225lb guy? It's one of those places I look forward to seeing, and I want somebody to take a picture of me looking all heroic as I gaze out, but I'm so NOT a heights guy.

Four places are gonna be a real gut-check for me on my thru-hike. Mcafee Knob, that fire tower they let you climb up, Dragon's tooth, and walkin' the knife edge. For me, it's gonna be a real butt-clencher, but I'm not one to let my fears get in the way of a great adventure and memory.

[Jester2000]

its not the fall that kills you. its the... well... ok, its the fall that kills you.

Actually, it's usually not the fall that kills you, but rather the rapid deceleration at the end.

[FritztheCat]

Four places are gonna be a real gut-check for me on my thru-hike. Mcafee Knob, that fire tower they let you climb up, Dragon's tooth, and walkin' the knife edge. For me, it's gonna be a real butt-clencher, but I'm not one to let my fears get in the way of a great adventure and memory.

I've been to Mcafee's Knob and Dragon's Tooth. I would say the drop off is a couple of hundred feet. It looks far higher than it actually is. Still, would be a lethal fall I imagine.

Dragon's Tooth was very cool. Easy climb up the rockface but a little hairy coming down, at least for me.

I've attached a couple of photos. One is me on the knob and the other is of a couple of hikers sitting on the "tooth."

[ChinMusic]

Pic of my buddy Hyway taken TODAY and sent via Facebook. I still can't get over these near real-time updates.

[D'Artagnan]

I stood NEAR the edge but just didn't have the nerve to sit and dangle my legs over the edge. (The photos/videos of folks going up and coming down the cables at Half Dome in Yosemite have always made my palms sweat.)

[ChinMusic]

I stood NEAR the edge but just didn't have the nerve to sit and dangle my legs over the edge. (The photos/videos of folks going up and coming down the cables at Half Dome in Yosemite have always made my palms sweat.)

I'm of the same camp.

I can't see myself sitting like that but it will be a game-day decision.

[Blissful]

Wow he's close! I did dangle my legs, but barely

[tnwolf51]

no its not the fall that kills ya its the sudden stop at the bottom

[Graywolf]

no its not the fall that kills ya its the sudden stop at the bottom

Are you still debating that? Your dead!!! Period!! Dosnt matter how you felled....But then, you could always just bounce...

[jarofkla]

Well these descriptions make the Knob sound very exciting, can't wait to see it for myself this Memorial Day weekend. I'll see if I can get my feet over the edge.