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Angel Falls

Waterfall on the River Caroní, a tributary of the Orinoco in the tropical rainforest of Bolívar Region, southeast Venezuela. It is the highest continuous cataract in the world with a total height of 978 m/3,210 ft. The falls plunge from the lip of the Auyán–Tepúplateau (Guinana Highlands). They were named after the aviator and prospector James Angel who flew over the falls and crash-landed nearby in 1935.



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The drama dates back to 1935, when Jimmy Angel and his co-pilot sought a mythical river of gold and spotted instead the world's highest waterfall, Angel Falls.
Lots of gold, no rush: a multi-billion dollar gold mine in Venezuela ... by Ceaser, Mike / Latin Trade
A case of lobomycosis involving the chest was recently described in an Atlanta, Georgia, man who had previously traveled to Venezuela and was exposed to extremely high water pressure while walking under Angel Falls (7), although the first published description of a human case in the United States appears to be in an immigrant from Suriname (6).
Human case of lobomycosis by Kasper, Richard / Emerging Infectious Diseases
Plan time/budget for side trips in countries you visit, particularly: spectacular Mayan ruins of Central America; colonial Antigua, Guatemala; rain forests of Honduras and Panama; exciting Cartagena, Colombia; dramatic Angel Falls and Merida, Venezuela.
Ithaka cruising log: the radical sabbatical by Bernon, Bernadette / BOAT/U.S. Magazine
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