Grand Canyon and Zion
May 9-12 2004
Kaibab National Forest, near the North Rim
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Ilya and Paul ready to go
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Mules!
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First view of the GC
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Ditto
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Near the start of the trail
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Fantastic scenery
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Coconino overlook
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View back to the North Rim
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The trail
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Supai tunnel
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The road ahead
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Jon and Paul in the tunnel
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Ilya and our trail stretching into the distance
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Rafa and Ilya stride on
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A bridge
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View back again
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View from the bridge - where's the water?
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Not a place for people with vertigo
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Some rocks
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Rafa's hat blew away close to here. He didn't go after it!
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Roaring springs
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And again
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A lizard. We saw a few like this
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The desert stretches ahead
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The heat is getting to me
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Ribbon falls
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That has to be the largest stalagmite I've seen
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View through the falls
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That's spray. Even I don't sweat that much...
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Scenery
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Ditto
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The problem with digitial cameras...
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...is that you take too many...
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...very similar...
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...photos!
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It was beautiful, but hot as hell
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Some welcome shade at last
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Bright Angel Canyon
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Wouldn't want to be trapped here in a flash flood
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Rafa pauses for a breather
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Ilya needs some new sunglasses....
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More shots from the Bright Angel Canyon
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Ditto
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And again
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Rafa rests
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It seems the river may be just round the corner
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Looking back
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Ditto - very picturesque
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At last the river!
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They take mules across that....
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Down the Canyon
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The Colorado river
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I can see why they don't like people ss\wimming
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Ilya contemplates
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The view was fantastic
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Looking downstream
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We leave the river behind
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15 miles down...
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..and 5 to go...uphill :(
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Interesting fluid dynamics
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The way back...
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..and the way ahead
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We leave the river behind
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And start the uphill stretch
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We have to go up that?
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Daylight at Indian Garden campground
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A beautiful place to camp
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Our destination is in sight...allegedly!
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Ilya (with hat)
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Super-Ilya (no hat)
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More views from the camp
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..and more...
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..yes you guessed it
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The trail
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Ilya sets out
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The view back
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We came up that trail last night
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View south I
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View south II
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View south III
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View south IV (sorry!)
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The one and a half mile resthouse (toilet block....)
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A stupid but sneaky squirrel
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Wow!
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The hike was well worth these views
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Although we didn't need to hike to get them
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At the South Rim at last
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Me at the Rim
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Look at the striation
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Or just appreciate the view!
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Marble canyon (on the shuttle ride)
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The view...
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...from the North Rim...
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..was even more...
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...stunning!
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Ilya at the North Rim
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Jon at the North Rim
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And now we're in Zion Canyon!
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View from the campground in Zion
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Ditto
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Impressive rock walls
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And a lot greener than the GC
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Nice views too
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Some rocks
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Ilya blocks my view....
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Vistas in Zion I
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Vistas in Zion II
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Vistas in Zion III (blame digital technology...)
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Vistas in Zion IV
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Vistas in Zion V (sorry!)
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More rock walls
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On the emerald pools trail
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The `Middle Emerald Pool'
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Waterfalls
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And the same, from below
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The `Lower Emerald Pool'
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View from beneath the waterfall
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Looking the other way
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Across the canyon
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Down the canyon
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Jon in Zion
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Ilya tries again...
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..and again to perfect the shot!
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Rocks
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More rocks
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The `Weeping Rock'
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This water is 1000 years old!
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Ilya and the Great White Throne
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View from Weeping Rock
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The Great White Throne
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