Recently my canyoneering friends – members of the group Jalisco Vertical – decided to rappel all the waterfalls of the Jalpa River as it passes through Aquetzalli Canyon, close to the town of Chiquilistlán, located 65 kilometers southwest of Guadalajara. Although I’m not a canyoneer, I decided to tag along hoping to catch up on my writing in full view of a spectacular cascade where I could periodically cool off in a deep pool of deliciously refreshing, clean water. After all, the word Aquetzalli, I was told, means “crystal-clear water” in Nahuatl.
Canadian Chris Lloyd gathered together a group of around twenty people for the event, including several children and newcomers who had never “done” a canyon before.
It took us two hours to drive from Guadalajara to a little bridge over the Jalpa River where the canyoneers would abseil down their first waterfall. I then proceeded by car down to the end point of the river run, the three gorgeous waterfalls (each with its own deep pool) of Comala.
It was a Sunday morning and I was amazed to find not a single person at these incredibly beautiful falls … it was, after all, the first week of June, probably the very hottest week of the entire year in this part of Mexico.
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