Couple nearly plunge to their deaths moments before romantic waterfall proposal
A couple has revealed the terrifying moment they almost died, when a romantic proposal went awry.
Last week, Finley-Marie Holding and and her now fiancé, E.J Taylor went for a walk with heir dog, Walter, to explore the Henrhyd Falls in Brecon Beacons, south Wales before the marriage proposal took place.
The waterfall, which measures 27-metres-high, features as the entrance to the Bat cave in the 2012 film Batman: The Dark Knight Rises and forms part of a popular walking route in the area.
In a post shared to Facebook, Holding detailed how their romantic moment almost resulted in a near fatal accident after she and her partner took a wrong turn and lost their footing in some mud along the path.
Holding said her partner slipped down a steep slope while holding their King Charles spaniel.
“He went down hard and curled his body around Walter to stop him getting hurt, but this meant he couldn’t protect himself,” the therapy dog volunteer wrote.
Convinced Taylor was going to die as he and the dog headed to “a sudden drop into the shallow, fast-moving river”, Holding said she began to run after the pair but fell into her own problems.
Holding wrote that she tried to help her partner but also lost her footing on the slope.
“I screamed and tried to run after him, but I slipped and went tumbling down the slope,” she explained. “It hurt. A lot.
“At this point I saw EJ smash into a tree with his back and the next thing I knew he grabbed me before I plummeted to my death.”
Dragging themselves up to the top of the slope to safety, Holding said she sat and cried “covered in mud, blood and bruises” as she realised Taylor had saved her and their pet dog.
Describing the moment Taylor proposed, Holding added: “Then he turned to me and said “I was waiting until we got to the waterfall, but now seems as good a time as any” and handed me a ring he’d made himself.
“I cried so damned hard, in less than an hour of nearly watched him and Walter die, nearly died myself, and got engaged!”
According to the National Trust, the Henrhyd Falls and Nant Llech walk is a two-and-a-half-hour long “moderate” route.
The Trust’s website states that Henrhyd is “best seen after a heavy downpour” but advises walkers to “take care as paths can get very slippery”.
Last year, a US photograph went on the search to find the names of a couple he photographed getting engaged at Yosemite National Park in California.
Photographer Matthew Dipple had stopped off at the famous landmark as part of a road trip to Los Angeles when he spotted the proposal happening from afar.
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The 24-year-old promptly shared the image on Twitter in a bid to track them down, writing: “Idk who these two are but I hope this finds them.
“I took this at Taft Point at Yosemite National Park, on October 6th, 2018.”
Dippel later found the couple, who were identified as Charlie Bear and Melissa.
