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Name:   jalcz The author of this post is registered as a member - Email Member
Subject:   Katie...
Date:   8/4/2010 1:32:35 AM

I look forward to your article. However, you would be doing a great deal for your credibility as a journalist if you would note that the "jumping rock" is NOT Chimney Rock. Chimney Rock isn't even on the same island; it is a longtime landmark and is located just south of "the rocks." (The "bridge to nowhere" goes to Chimney Rock Island.)

The island that people jump from is Acapulco Rock. If you look at a map, Acapulco Rock is MUCH smaller than Chimney Rock Island, and it is a separate island (depending on the water level; at low levels a land bridge is exposed.) And even when that land bridge is exposed and Chimney Rock and Acapulco Rock are on the same island, they are NOT the same thing.

This isn't a personal attack; MANY people make the same mistake. TOO many, and if stories about the rocks would have the correct information, maybe that mistake would cease. Yes, it's no big deal, but it does us old-timers good to hear people correctly differentiate between the two rock formations; it makes us think that maybe some of the newer folks actually care enough about the lake to get the names right. :-)
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