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Gettysburg College Physics : Hiking the Grand Canyon, March 16-19, 2006. Next slide. The Route. Next slide. Previous slide. Starting out: Yaki Point, the South Kaibab Trailhead. Next slide. Previous slide. Surveying Pipe Creek Canyon, the inner gorge, and the route of the hike. Next slide.
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Gettysburg College Physics : Hiking the Grand Canyon, March 16-19, 2006 Next slide
The Route Next slide Previous slide
Starting out: Yaki Point, the South Kaibab Trailhead Next slide Previous slide
Surveying Pipe Creek Canyon, the inner gorge, and the route of the hike Next slide Previous slide
Just above cedar ridge on the way down Next slide Previous slide
Anne and Billy Resting on the way down to Skeleton Point Next slide Previous slide
Sitting at Skeleton Point Next slide Previous slide
Bight Angel Campground as seen from Skeleton Point Next slide Previous slide
The trail down through the Redwall Next slide Previous slide
Meeting (again) the old man of the trail---80+ years old and he hikes it every week! Next slide Previous slide
View down the S. Kaibab from the Tipoff Next slide Previous slide
South Kaibab Trail just below the tipoff. Next slide Previous slide
Anne and Candace near Panorama Point Next slide Previous slide
Our campsite at Bright Angel Campground Next slide Previous slide
Dinner at Phantom Ranch Next slide Previous slide
A pair of wild turkeys on the North Kaibab trail Next slide Previous slide
On the North Kaibab trail, heading for Ribbon Falls Next slide Previous slide
Out of the box a few miles from the falls, North Kaibab Trail Next slide Previous slide
Looking down on lower ribbon falls Next slide Previous slide
Anne and Billy at Upper Ribbon Falls Next slide Previous slide
On the rocks at Ribbon Falls Next slide Previous slide
Leaving Upper Ribbon Canyon Next slide Previous slide
Descending from the side canyon Next slide Previous slide
On the North Kaibab Trail Next slide Previous slide
Pancakes at Bright Angel Next slide Previous slide
Leaving Bright Angel Next slide Previous slide
Passing the Pipe Creek Rest House Next slide Previous slide
Jithin and Billy in Pipe Creek Canyon Next slide Previous slide
Devil’s Corkscrew Next slide Previous slide
Unusual sight: A rainbow at 1 in the afternoon Next slide Previous slide
Indian Garden Canyon, almost at the Campground Next slide Previous slide
Hanging around Plateau Point Next slide Previous slide
Jithin Posing at Plateau Point Next slide Previous slide
Billy, Anne and Candace at Plateau Point Next slide Previous slide
The View from Plateau Point Next slide Previous slide
Leaving Indian Gardens in the Morning Next slide Previous slide
Passing through the 1 mile tunnel Next slide Previous slide
Jithin nearing the top Next slide Previous slide
Anne: Almost back to the top Next slide Previous slide
Marschall nearing the top Next slide Previous slide
The End! Next slide Previous slide