People need to remember that the mist created by the waterfall will make everything near it very slippery. When in rugged areas always wear good hiking shoes with cleated soles. Those simple precautions could make the difference between life and death.
People need to remember that the mist created by the waterfall will make everything near it very slippery.
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Correct. Not only the mist makes them slippery, but in this wet environment, the rocks are often covered with slippery algae growth - rocks look like they are just wet; however, they are slick as ice. Even good hiking shoes/soles may not help you on rocks like that. Crossing creeks, in great hiking boots, I’ve slipped on rocks covered with algae, but at least I just got a little wet, not killed in a fall.
We have a very popular waterfall that lots of day hikers like to visit. The death count was 30, back in 2015. A lot of the deaths were college students/young adults who go past safety barriers to get out on the rocks, not realizing how slick they are. I think at least two deaths were similar to those in this post - one fell and the other tried to help, also falling to their death.