A Riverside man fell to his death this week from a slick rock at Big Falls in the San Bernardino National Forest where others have died or been injured.
The 3-year-old from San Bernardino whose father wanted to show her something “dramatic.” The septuagenarian from Las Vegas who squealed when she tiptoed into a frigid pool. The twenty-something co-workers who came to see a “spectacular” natural feature.
Latoyah Williams, left, and Courtney Fairconeture hike their way down a rocky slope at Big Falls waterfall in Forest Falls on Tuesday, July 26, 2022. From left, Mikaila Keck, 18, with dad, Jonathan, and sister, Maven, make their way to the Big Falls waterfall in Forest Falls on Tuesday, July 26, 2022. “It’s the waterfalls,” Paoli said. “Everybody wants to come here and be cooler. It’s so hot down the hill. Bring their family, have a picnic, just have a good time. So that’s all good as long as you don’t try to climb the mountain and fall.
“It’s a rock over the centuries that has had water flowing over it and that rock is slick as glass,” Sherwin said. “People in the morning hiking are wearing appropriate footwear and it’s not uncommon for people coming back down to have their shoes off, and then will slip and fall right over the edge.”
Few of the daytrippers interviewed Tuesday were aware of DeHaro’s accident or other similar tragedies. But they all expressed the need to use caution.
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