Can't believe they haven't put warning signs up all over the place (if they haven't) since a student did the same thing just last year.
He was talking with his dad on the cell phone. He told his dad that his cell battery was going out and he was going to walk home. His dad said it was around 8 o’clock…so apparently he didn’t go to the game. His dad said he called home every day. Some officials need to post more signs or something. So sad. He was to graduate in Dec.
Hard to say what is what without more details. Google maps shows a fence with barbed wire top.
Was watching a baseball game there a couple years ago, and a Gaffney dude told me there's heavy equipment submerged in there, couldn't get it out. Told me the same, that the water is over 100 ft deep at shoreline. Quite a step off into nothing.A similar hazard exists next to the Limestone University campus. This gorge was once a limestone quarry. It was filled with water when the quarry played out. But no swimming is allowed. Not only is the bank steep, but the water is more than 100 feet deep at the shoreline.
Very dangerous aquatic abyss. It does add some beauty to the campus area, though.
Though I am an alumnus there, these rules have evolved over the years. I'll check with somebody over there. I know that some private individuals have reported catching largemouth bass there. Whether it was legal or not, I don't know.
According to some, respect for private property is for white supremacists.
remember the green hole very well. in the 70's we would gather there and jump into the water from the cliff side. drinking involved of course. went back many years ago and found people living there.
I can remember watching kids diving into Green Hole. Crazy.
I know exactly where that is located. We parked for years down below Jaco and parked beside some people whose relatives own Jacos.
We used to go swimming and jumping off of the ledge when I was in school in the early 90s.
The Old Limestone QuarryA similar hazard exists next to the Limestone University campus. This gorge was once a limestone quarry. It was filled with water when the quarry played out. But no swimming is allowed. Not only is the bank steep, but the water is more than 100 feet deep at the shoreline.
Totally agree. It's absolutely tragic what happened, no parent should have to bury their child, but it was an avoidable accident.
They have not released any of that information. I am thinking important things will be…does he still have his cell phone, wallet, credit card, etc. If those things are missing…it makes one think about robbery.
Ran off the top a few times myself. You had to get a good running jump, though. Had a friend swear he touched an old car/equipment down there once. On the adjacent side where the other half of the apartments are was some decking that extended out with a place to sit type at the end. We use to jump off there too occasionally.
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Yeah there was a car down there. In the very early 80s. It was a little MG I think. The water was not as deep as you would think below the cliffs. Some idiot pulled the exhaust up when we found it. We bent it back down so no one would get impaled. The car was gone soon after that.Ran off the top a few times myself. You had to get a good running jump, though. Had a friend swear he touched an old car/equipment down there once. On the adjacent side where the other half of the apartments are was some decking that extended out with a place to sit type at the end. We use to jump off there too occasionally.
Green Hole, Greystone Boulevard: 1980s (access closed) at Columbia Closings
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