Adair: As someone who loves to read non-fiction of life in the west, especially written by women (e.g. Sandra Day O'Connor), I hope you have written down your...
... stories ... Looks like David Marcus and I are both from LA. First trip, somewhere around the second grade. Hoover Dam, Grand Canyon, Zion as a family....
Yes cool program, but ther were apparently no pictures from the group running the rapids in the actual Grand Canyon National Park. Probably because they were ...
I know a lot of folks are negative on Powell, but he had a remarkable career after boating the Colorado. If you are interested in a great biography of Powell...
Your comment reminds me that I was at Nankoweap beach camp several years ago and there was a German film crew with some "rickety boats" and the principle star...
If you are in Page, Arizona, on your way between rims, you can stop by the Powell Museum or visit their website at: http://www.powellmuseum.org/Index.html or...
does anybody have this software - what can you do with it? Can you actually zoom in to any part of the corridor trails and look at 100 yd square areas? The...
They have scanned in 7.5-minute quads and pieced them together so that they are almost seamless. You can pan around, or zoom out to lower resolution maps....
I'm really only interested in obsessing over every turn and hill on the Kiabab and Bright Angel - I love looking at tiny pieces of the trail and saying "Oh...
Got my permit for my next walk - down to Hermit Creek, over to Boucher Trail/creek, and then out; March 7-9th. Anyone going to be in the area? Trails are in...
Kevein- Late into the discussion, but I agree w/Bob, Grandviews a great overnight/2 day for the schedule you show. Water is available at miners spring; just...
You can buy the Trails Illustrated TOPO National Park series for a little cheaper than the State series. I have both the Arizona and the NP series. Both are...
I guess if all you want is the corridor areas, then the Grand Canyon maps would be just fine. It is the same as the state maps, but just doesn't cover as...
A provoking editorial piece about the idea of privatizing the Grand Canyon: http://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/editorial/outlook/3687139.html And a thoughtful...
I don't have the software running anymore (due to finally having switched to a Mac, that set of Topo! maps runs on a PC), but I recall that it allowed one to...
Thanks for that, Jane. That's troubling. The visions I get will beset me to say the least until that idea is shot down. Akk. I doubt that will happen, but...
I have been using TOPO for a couple of years now and love it! I have the national parks program (GC, Bryce and Zion) and it has served me fine although I have...
The Cato argument can also be shot down by looking at areas that are "essentially" private in Grand Canyon already. I am of course thinking of access to the...
... <tomhazel@...> wrote: "This should change shortly, as a lottery for do-it-yourself permits is set to begin this summer." Tom how does that set with your...
Hi Phil, good question. What do you think about the two mechanism's for access: Pay big $ and choose a date certain anytime off of a web based calander for the...
Tom, I asked because I'm not knowledgeable about the subject. I also can't help but notice some of the people that have shown a deep interest. I want to...
Some of the methods of allocating a scarce resource (river access) are: Free market - as proposed by Cato Institute Lottery, and Allocation/ration. All three...
Hi Phil, thanks for your note. You are asking good questions. We as a country are going to have to answer these questions more and more often as our resources...
Adding on... In setting up group treks I use (1) TOPO! Grand Canyon (2) Delorme Topo 5.0 and (3) Google Earth, to produce maps for editing in Photoshop (text...
Hello fellow hikers. Please allow me a short email to announce the publication of my book "60 Hikes within 60 Miles: Phoenix". Many of you know I am an avid...
1 - I just got back from 5 days in the Hance and Cottonwood Creeks area. I found the seep spring near the Redwall gap in Cottonwood. It looks perminent, There...
Did you know that Hance Creek leaches can easly crawl around on the inside of a Platy bladder? they jusy "inch worm" themselves up and down at will! Hance...
I am a river person. I got a private permit in 1993 and rowed my own boat down the Canyon. I have been on the waiting list since Feb, 1994 for another...
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