Well anyway, if you are familar with this book then these images should remind you of it in a way. The terrain here is trecherous and if one does not watch or know where they are going, a wrong decision in direction could be your very last, if it were not for the fact that safe guards have been put in place here for the public.
If this looks familar to some of you, it could be that you have seen this area in a movie at one time. "The Last of the Mohegans" was filmed here.
This is Chimney Rock Park, it costs to get in here and that is why I stood outside to take this image
. Anyway, notice that the sheer rock cliffs or bluffs are obscured by forest. As one might would be walking along through an area such as this, they would not know the bluffs or cliffs were there until they were either upon them or off them! 
But not to fear, all provisions for you to have a safe and enjoyable experience here have been seen to and taken care of.
This second image depicts a much more dangerous area outside the park. The terrain is rounded, making it far more dangerous than if it were just a sharp drop off. Once you begin sliding in an area like this there is usually no hope unless you can grab on to something and pull yourself back up. That rarely happens however because the rate of descent and speed you acquire in just a short moment of time is quite sufficent, that you will miss anything that you might could grab with the exception of your last breath.
Most folks succumb to deacceleration trauma at the bottom. It seems like every year someone gets hurt or worse from falls in these mountains, not necessarily in the place I have featured here though. These rock outcroppings or bluffs are rounded and quite common in the mountainous terrain, people want to look over the edge of them...well, they have no edge and that is why folks get hurt. 
Even though, these mountains are still a marvelous place to visit and explore, if done with some common sense and a little caution. 
