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 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