Cascadilla Gorge

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Rate Cascadilla Falls

1 - Ugly, Not worth the trip
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2 - Could be better
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3 - OK, See it if you are in the area
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4 - Beautiful, worth the trip
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5 - Must see, worth revisiting
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While the previous one may well have been accidental, it doesn't sound as if this one was.
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ITHACA — Police have identified the man found in the Cascadilla Gorge Wednesday as Jakub J. Janecka, 33, a Cornell University alumni of Lake Ariel, Pa.

Janecka's body was found in a shallow pool in the gorge directly beneath the College Avenue Bridge at about 2 p.m., witnesses and police said. A witness told police that Janecka jumped, they added.

There were no signs of foul play, and Janecka's death has not been ruled a suicide, said Deputy Ithaca Police Chief John Barber.

“The medical examiner will make that ruling,” Barber said.

Over the past two decades, the suicide rate at Cornell “is consistent with the national average in higher education,” said Simeon Moss, a Cornell spokesman.

Moss said the last time a Cornell student committed suicide at Cornell was in 2006, and since 2002, there have been five student deaths due to suicide.

“The Cornell community is saddened by the news of the apparent suicide of one of its alumni, Jakub J. Janecka, 33, in the Cascadilla Gorge,” said Tommy Bruce, the vice-president for university communications. “We extend our condolences to the young man's family.”

The autopsy is being performed at Lourdes in Binghamton, Barber said. The investigation is ongoing, he added, and authorities are still interviewing witnesses.

“With any death, we conduct a thorough investigation,” Barber said.

Witnesses to the incident should contact the Ithaca Police at 272-3245 or 272-9973.
http://www.theithacajournal.com/article ... /810100301
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Ithaca's Cascadilla Gorge trail closed for repairs

http://www.theithacajournal.com/article ... or+repairs
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I was recently poking around on Google Earth and came across an interesting looking falls on Cascadilla Creek here...
42º26'32.69"N 76º28'50.18"
Is seems to be well upstream from the main Cascadilla Gorge and possibly publicly accessable. There's a footbridge over the creek and group of tennis courts here.
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Went yeterday as cloudy as it was. Lot of people.
Not the best shot but ok.
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looks like a beautiful place
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Impressive falls. Having the people in the shot is great for perspective.
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Pitch wrote:Went yeterday as cloudy as it was. Lot of people.
Not the best shot but ok.
Looks good to me! I like the people there also, that would be fun to climb.
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