Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2010/05/24
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]A crisp and contrasty rendition. I like it. I recall the full hike down to Phantom ranch by the Colorado is about 10 miles by foot or mule (and about 1 mile by free-fall). After the half-way point, Indian Gardens, the number of hikers drops dramatically, and after a while you feel like the three hapless astronauts in the beginning of Planet of the Apes (which was filmed up-river at Lake Powell when they built the Glen Canyon dam). When I lived there, I recall hearing some ultra-marathoner-types did South-rim-to-North-rim-back-to-South-rim runs. -rei On 05/24/2010 04:05 PM, Kyle Cassidy wrote: > I'd seen the Grand Canyon before, but this time I hiked four miles down > into it. Shockingly, four miles gets you NOWHERE. I imagine if you were > good you could actually cross the whole thing. I do wonder how long it > would take. > > You can't see the Colorado river in this shot, but you can see the channel > it's running through starting at about 9:00 and running up and to the > right. The Colorado Plateau being thrust upwards in the last 600 million > years gave the river it's power. The plateau's stopped rising and we've > damned the river so the canyon's not going to get much bigger any time > soon. > > Anyway, here's a photo, it's black and white, so it must be art. I'm quite > pleased with it: > > http://www.kylecassidy.com/lj/2010/kyle-cassidy-grand-canyon-1300.jpg > > Had a really cool Leica-Run-In at some ruins in the middle of the desert, > but I'll leave you wondering until I get my travel diary written up.... > > kc > > _______________________________________________ > Leica Users Group. > See http://leica-users.org/mailman/listinfo/lug for more information >