Thanks for the tour. I've never been there and one only appreciates the
scale of the falls in some of your later photos with people near the
base. Don't think I'd recognize you if you hadn't said it was you. :-)
Chuck Norcutt
On 5/15/2012 11:53 PM, Moose wrote:
> I've not been to the Grand Canyon. Started that way at least once. I suppose
> we need to go. :-)
>
> My first wife and I did a considerably more strenuous and adventuresome visit
> nearby, to Havasu Canyon, Supai and the
> falls in the canyon below Supai.Havasu is one of the largest side canyons of
> the GC, and unique in that springs where it
> cuts through a water table provide year round water. The bottom of the parts
> of the canyon at the bases of falls feels
> more like the tropics, hot and humid, than the hot and dry all around.
>
> The two major falls that we visited are here, Havasu lower right, Mooney(?)
> upper left.
> <https://maps.google.com/maps?hl=en&ll=36.258999,-112.704277&spn=0.014776,0.02208&hnear=Berkeley,+California+94708&t=h&z=16>
>
> Looking at the aerial photos, I can't believe we hiked all the way out from
> the lower falls in one day. We planned to
> stop and camp where the trail leaves Havasu Creek. When we got there, it was
> still light, we felt pretty good and
> setting up camp seemed like a lot of trouble. Maaannn, those final
> switchbacks up the cliff are a long way at the end of
> a 15 mile day. It just started to get really dark when we got to the car.
>
> The falls have been through a lot of changes in 42 years, so these images
> aren't what they look like now. Nor do I look
> much like that skinny kid who could do that kind of hiking with a heavy pack
> on his back. I don't think I'm as gutsy now
> either. Look for me standing on overhanging tufa at the top of the falls in
> no. 4. :-)
> <http://galleries.moosemystic.net/Havasu/>
>
> It seems there are some restrictions now on how many people can go in and
> where you can camp. I wasn't aware of any
> restrictions back then.
>
> Canyon Moose
>
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