Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico, with a foreword by Owen Wister;new edition with (72 plates) from photographs by the author and his brother . untain, a peak we could see from theGrand Canyon, and had often talked of climbing, butdebated if we could spare the time, now that we wereclose to it. In all this run through Glen Canyon we had a goodcurrent, but only one place resembling a rapid. Here,below the Escalante, it was very quiet, and hard pullingwas necessary to make any headway. We were anxiousto reach the San Juan River that evening, but the dayswere growing short, and we w
Through the Grand Canyon from Wyoming to Mexico, with a foreword by Owen Wister;new edition with (72 plates) from photographs by the author and his brother . untain, a peak we could see from theGrand Canyon, and had often talked of climbing, butdebated if we could spare the time, now that we wereclose to it. In all this run through Glen Canyon we had a goodcurrent, but only one place resembling a rapid. Here,below the Escalante, it was very quiet, and hard pullingwas necessary to make any headway. We were anxiousto reach the San Juan River that evening, but the dayswere growing short, and we were still many miles awaywhen it began to grow dusk; so we kept a lookout fora suitable camp. The same conditions that had botheredus on one or two previous occasions were found here;slippery, muddy banks, and quicksand, together with anabsence of firewood. We had learned before this toexpect these conditions where the water was not slower stream had a chance to deposit its silt, andif the high water had been very quiet, we could expect tofind it soft, or boggy. In the canyons containing swiftwater and rapids we seldom found mud, but found a. CLIFF RUINS NEAR THE SAN JUAN RIVER.
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