I was finishing up my 40 mile ride on the Kern River Parkway Trail, which goes along the bottom of the Bluffs which also has a trail, when I noticed a few women walking on the Bluffs. I'm not sure if you can't ride your bike on the trail and it's just a walking/running trail or it's just that no one does becuase the trail is pretty short. It's a nice little path with a view of uhm... well oilfields. Not the best view, unless you're in the oil business, then it's a pretty site.
Here is a nice shot that give you an idea of what the path looks like but more importantly take note of the drop. Falling would lead to a nasty incident. It must be atleast a 300 ft. drop. So back to the women. Here they are
plugging away, but... they are not on the path, they are walking up to the path along a ridge. I don't think that I would have paid much attention to people walking/hiking up to path except that these women seemed to be fairly weathly in years and were teeter-tottering up the trail. So as I rode and watched one lady slipped! Slipping on the Bluffs is a bad idea. These women ended up making it to the top, but after a quick search I found this article and video from the local news. Check out this link - http://www.turnto23.com/news/your-neighborhood/east-county/second-hiker-falls-off-bluffs-in-2-weeks To sum things us let's just say... uhm be careful and don't slip if you don't want to break a leg or worse while walking on the ridge of a clif. I think that's nice enough.
Here is a nice shot that give you an idea of what the path looks like but more importantly take note of the drop. Falling would lead to a nasty incident. It must be atleast a 300 ft. drop. So back to the women. Here they are
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