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Stir of ECHOES ..
Stir of ECHOES ..
Seldom-climbed Echo Peak (5,449') rises 2,300' above the Colorado River near Marble Canyon, Arizona.
Six miles upstream, Lees Ferry is the principal starting point for rafting trips through the Grand Canyon, which are said to offer "a trip backwards through time" as the river cuts through progressively older strata.
Some trips travel all the way to Lake Mead, (some 277 river miles downstream), and can last several weeks.
Permits for private trips are no longer backlogged on an extensive waiting list, but instead based on a lotto system.
"And no-one flies around the sun,
Cloudless every day you fall
Upon my waking eyes ..
And no-one sings me lullabies,
And no-one makes me close my eyes.
And so I throw the windows wide,
And call to you across the SKY ..."
July 30, 2011
lcarreau
on Aug 4, 2011 8:30 pm
