Mark Metternich
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sorpa wrote:
I like the shot Mark and your story about how difficult it was to take it.
I do not believe the story of those kayak blokes coming down the waterfall.
Either they are lying or the waterfall is not 100 feet tall. That would be like falling down from a top of a 10 stories building. They're touching the water with a ~24m/s velocity. Big kinetic energy for a fragile human body. Did I mention those g coming down to a stop probably in less than a second? 
Thank you!
Did you watch the video?
Kayakers go off it! I have see it in person more than once.
I dont know its exact height, I've never measured it (though it looks like a nearly 100 footer to me from standing where the water falls off).
Wikipedia says:
"Metlako Falls is a waterfall on Eagle Creek in the Columbia River Gorge National Scenic Area in Hood River County, Oregon, United States. It is the furthest downstream of the major waterfalls on Eagle Creek. Like upstream Punch Bowl Falls, Metlako is also in the form of a punchbowl. The falls is 101 feet (31 m) tall, though people have measured it anywhere from 100 feet (30 m) to 150 feet (46 m) tall. It is the upstream limit for salmon spawning in Eagle Creek."
Here is another database that says it is anywhere from 82-150ft:
"Metlako Falls is the final major waterfall along Eagle Creek. The falls drop out of narrow, calm pool, and thunder into an impressive gorge. Because the falls are somewhat distant from the developed viewpoints, it isn't easy to get a good feeling of the height of the falls. I've seen it listed at anywhere from 100 to 150 feet tall. Some crazy kayakers who actually ran the falls measured the falls at 101 feet, but a subsequent measurement by another group of boaters showed it to be only 82 feet. Though the falls are usually cited as being of a Plunge form, because of the narrow constriction, the fire hosing tendency of the water as it drops over the lip of the cliff, as well as the obvious depth of the pool at the base of the falls, Metlako Falls, in my opinion, should be considered a Punchbowl form waterfall. "
And one more: "Metlako Falls is the first major falls along the Eagle Creek Trail, serving as a stunning initiation into the area. At over 100 feet tall, it represents the second-largest drop from the Eagle Creek's sources in the Hatfield Wilderness to its eventual convergence with the Columbia River. "
Whether it is 82 feet or 101, it is still awesome! 
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