After making our way back down
Corcovado, Alex took us into the Tijuca
National Forest. This is the largest urban forest in the
world. Immediately inside, we visited Cascatinha
Taunay, a modest waterfall named for a French cartographer.
See footage from the hike and at the summit in this video (right) -------------------------------->
The trail took about an hour, but the final 300 yards were certainly the most challenging. We literally climbed up the peak, using roots and imbedded iron handles to achieve our mission. When we got to the top, we looked around and discovered we were smack-dab in the middle of a cloud. We couldn’t see the sun nor could we see the ground below. As a matter of fact visibility was about 50 feet. I felt like we were just sitting in the sky on a rock with nothingness above and below us. It was all very surreal.
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