One of the nicest things about walking four miles to the base of this waterfall was that I could feel the water on the wind well before I got there and let it soak me. Spring waterfalls in Yosemite are astounding, and make the long, oxygen-deprived death march (high, high altitude, and I was really struggling, even on a relatively easy walk) worth it.
second wind
though on my last gasp
my parched lips tastes of water.
and courage revives