Up, down and across still extend in all the usual directions, but the distance between their visible limits is a bit deceiving at the Grand Canyon. At some points down is a drop of over a mile (the view back up from the canyon floor is one I aim to hike down to someday soon!). Width of the Canyon at any point ranges between 4 and 18 miles. There is no “stone’s throw” across that one!
Hance Rapid (pictured at right from Desert View) is rated an 8 in difficulty on a 1 to 10 scale. This mile long stretch of river features the Canyon’s greatest single drop. Thirty feet doesn’t sound like much in a place where everything else seems to be measured in miles, but in a kayak? That could be excessively thrilling!
Updated from June 6, 2010.
Thirty feet in a kayak? I’m sure I’d throw up… my belly flips just before I hit the water when I jump off the high dive.
Great shots of the Grand Canyon… I guess I need to get back there as soon as I visit the 33 (of 58) National Parks I have not been to yet that are still on my “Bucket List”. ~ jb///
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A 30 foot drop in a kayak? That could be excessively scary! Yikes!
I’d have to agree with you there, Trisha! And it’s not like you would then have a few minutes to compose yourself before paddling on downstream… Sounds a bit like mountain biking to me!