Listen folks, waterfalls are very, very dangerous places. Many people are injured each year around waterfalls and quite a lot of them die. Apollo does not want you dying on a waterfall. He would much rather you be around to see his newly-visited waterfalls, and then encourage you to visit them as well–safely. When Apollo Creed visits waterfalls, he does so under the supervision of highly-skilled outdoors technicians, that many times properly utilize a safety rope and harness system to capture photographs with very low risk of injury and absolute minimum (Apollo doesn’t weigh much) impact on the extremely fragile soils that many times lie on top of waterfalls. If you attempt to climb all around a waterfall without the proper know-how and safety precautions, Not only are you risking your life, your potentially harming very small ecosystems. Apollo Creed goes through tremendous lengths to ensure his pictures are done in the smart and proper way. And believe me, it’s very embarrassing and humiliating to his entire staff. But he doesn’t so YOU DON’T HAVE TO.

Take Apollo’s advice. Enjoy waterfalls from the bottom, and where the signs and trails recommend. Live to see all the waterfalls.

If you’re not yet convinced, here’s a few stories that Apollo actually witnessed with his own eyes. The first one was a chubby teenage jerk trying to show off to a couple of girls who were clearly not interested. Apollo believed they made a cute couple, and appreciated when they offered him a Diet Sprite and gave him two of their Soft Taco Supremes.

This seemed to really irritate the teenage kid.

He’s the man and he’s gonna jump off the falls. Having personally kayaked over this falls several times and being experienced in this particular falls under many water levels, Apollo gave it his best shot to warn the guy if he is going to be stupid, to at least do it further on the left side.

However, Apollo’s warning went unheeded. The ignorant teenager yelled out some obscenities, flipped Apollo off, and dove right from where he was standing.

If you’re trying to show off to your girlfriend, try to do a handstand underwater or something instead of jumping off a waterfall. Apollo Creed witnessed a really ignorant teenage jerk trying to impress some girls jump off an unnamed waterfall.

Apollo’s 10 WATERFALL TIPS TO KEEP YOU FROM DYING

1. Don’t go to the top, unless the trail is clearly marked and designed for it. People die all the time on top of waterfalls. Most of the time showing off. Even if you see makeshift paths, don’t trust them unless they are clearly marked and built for it. The rocks at the tops of waterfalls are often extremely worn and very smooth, making them impossibly slippery. If you fall and lose your footing, you often have nothing to grab a hold of, and no chance of regaining your balance in the current. ROCKS HURT.
2. Do not try to slide down watefalls, even if they look smooth enough. There are certain places, such as Sliding Rock on the Davidson River in NC, that are perfectly fine for sliding on. They even have lifeguards on duty during warm summer days. But wet rocks will help you pick up speed fast! Apollo actually broke his tailbone some time back and let me tell you that is not fun. You shouldn’t slide down waterfalls, unless the forest service says it’s OK to.
3. Stay on marked trails. Waterfalls inherently draw an incredibly diverse amount of creatures all living in the nooks and crannies in and around waterfalls. If you trample all over a waterfall, think of all the life you are killing that live in crevices beneath the rocks you step on. Harming these little critters can have devastating effects on the surrounding ecosystem. If there are no bugs around, the birds and rodents can’t eat, if the birds and rodents aren’t around, larger natural predators suffer, and the entire food chain suffers.
4. Don’t jump off waterfalls. As you can read above, bad things can happen jumping off waterfalls. Just don’t do it.