The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon (88 page)

Bass Canyon,
164

Bedrock rapid,
103
,
107
,
175
,
312

Bennett, Wallace,
143

Berkeley, University of California at,
322

Bertoldi, Mike,
263

Betts, Frank,
121
–22

Bible,
117
n

Big Blue (truck),
137

Big Hole (river feature),
122
,
125
,
158
,
175
,
332

Big Red (boulder),
125
,
126
,
175

Big Sandy Creek,
329

Bing (fireman),
245

Black Canyon,
62
,
64

Black Rock (boulder),
136
,
316

Blacktail Canyon,
310

Blaustein, John,
102
–3,
127

Blue Book (Interior Department report),
65
,
73

Blue Mesa Dam,
204

Blue Mesa Reservoir,
329

Blue River,
187

Bode, Richard,
155

Bohemia,
173

Bonneville Dam,
65

Boulder City, Nev.,
197

Bowles, Samuel,
33

Bradley, George,
40
,
44
,
46
,
48
,
53
,
367

Brian, Terry,
242
–45

at scene of Georgie White’s accident,
246
–47

Bridge Canyon Dam,
79
,
85

Briggs, Bill,
372

Briggs, Jerry,
95
,
96
,
353

Bright Angel,
103
,
352

Bright Angel Creek,
119

Bright Angel shale,
324

Brisbane, Australia,
347

British Columbia,
183

Brower, David,
74
,
75
–76,
77
,
79
–80,
83
,
84
,
86
,
87
–88,
98
,
351
,
370

Glen Canyon Dam opposed by,
194
,
301

Bryan, Richard,
333

Buccello, Dave,
270

Buchwald, Art,
91

Buenos Aires, Argentina,
173

Building 67,
202
–4

Bulletin,
85

Bureau of Ethnology,
50

Bureau of Reclamation, US,
13
,
14
,
51
,
60
–67,
73
,
74
,
75
,
78
,
84
,
87
,
190
,
191
,
200
,
226
,
328
,
330
,
333
,
334
,
350
,
364

creation of,
60
,
369

Engineering and Research Center,
202
–4,
377

flood study of,
221

Glen spillways opened by,
198

Lake Powell capacity expanded by,
217

Lake Powell report of,
224

and overflowing of Colorado,
187
,
188
,
189

secrecy of,
8
–9

and solution to vacuum bubble problems,
212

test bores for dams drilled by,
285

and three objectives of managing Lake Powell,
197

Burgi, Phil,
203
–4

in decision to open gates,
226
–27

flood spotted from plane by,
204
–5

flying enjoyed by,
204

Glen Canyon Dam inspected by,
206
–11,
212
–13,
214
,
223
,
331

and increase of Glen Canyon Dam discharge,
328

as obsessed with water,
206

plan to sacrifice spillway,
225
,
333
–34

report on runoff written by,
327

in response to flooding,
328

worries about further dam problems,
226

Burnt Spring Canyon,
324

Burton, Shorty,
142

Butchart, Harvey,
148

Butte Ladies,
252
,
254
–55

Cadillac Desert
(Reisner),
67

calcite,
211
,
212

California, University of, at Berkeley,
322

California Development Company,
368

California Sierra,
349

Cambria Iron Works,
219
–20

Canyonlands National Park,
188

Cape Horn,
167

Cape of Good Hope,
167

Caramanica, Mark,
364

Cárdenas, Don García López de,
21
,
23
,
24
–28,
32
,
50
,
61
,
65
,
77
,
112
,
275
,
286
,
344

Caroline Islands,
347

Castañeda, Pedro de,
23

Cataract (bear cub),
162

Cataract Canyon,
44
,
188

catastrophes,
113

catastrophists,
117

Catedral de Santa María de la Sede,
24

Cave Springs,
285

cavitation,
211
–13,
214
,
218
,
222
,
223
,
225
,
331
,
332
–33,
334
,
365

CBS Evening News,
269

Chang, Curt,
127

chaos theory,
206

Chattahoochee,
143
,
145
,
153
,
158

Childs, Craig,
115

Chile,
203

China,
14

Christmas Island,
182

Chuar,
286

Churchill, Winston,
93

Cíbola,
19
,
20
–21,
28

civet cats,
215

Class V hellbender,
226

Clay Tank Canyon,
324

Clean Air Act,
88

Clean Water Act,
88

Clemens, Samuel,
34
,
106

Clubb, Roger,
116
–17

Clubb, Roger, Jr.,
116
–17

Coconino sandstone,
115

Cocopah Indians,
55

Colorado Basin River Forecast Center,
185
–87,
197
,
214
,
227
–28,
376

Colorado Plateau,
37
–38

Colorado River,
1
,
5
,
12
,
14
,
15
,
65
,
142
,
167

accidents on,
235
,
246
–49,
251
–67,
268
–69,
345

army exploration of,
32
–34,
36
,
48

change of color in,
325
–26

drowning in,
116

early European exploration of,
32

flooding of,
57
–61,
185
–89

flood of 1966 of,
113
–18,
121
,
123
,
124
,
243

Georgie White’s accident on,
246
–47

hydraulics on,
105
,
108
,
233
,
236
,
367
,
374

Mills’s accident on,
247
–49

narrowing of,
288

at night,
281
–82

plan for dams on,
65
–68,
73
,
78
–79

Powell’s exploration of,
see
Powell, John Wesley, Colorado expedition of

risk from droughts to,
345

runoff problems of,
231
–32,
236
,
240

safety of oarsmen on,
233
–34

silt-to-water ratio of,
38

stationary haystacks in,
232
,
288
–89,
317

troughs in,
232
–33

whirlpools in,
233

White’s alleged descent of,
367

see also Emerald Mile

Colossus
(Hiltzik),
63

Columbia River,
65

Comanches,
32
,
366

Commerce Department, US,
185

complex numbers,
22

Confluence,
36

Conquistador Aisle,
175
,
311

Conrad, Joseph,
124

conservation,
72
–73,
79
–80,
83
–86,
88
,
91
,
194
–96

Cook, Darrell,
266

Copernicus, Nicolaus,
22

Corner Pocket,
135
–36

Coronado, Francisco Vásquez de,
19
–21,
23
,
32
,
237
,
366

Corps of Topographical Engineers,
33

Cory, Harry T.,
57
–59,
62

Couts, Alice,
248

Cove Canyon,
316

Cracking of Glen Canyon Dam, The,
195

creationism,
351

Crested Butte,
184

Cross, John,
121
–22

Crossing of the Fathers,
32

Crossing Open Ground
(Lopez),
387

Cross Tours and Expeditions,
121
–22,
248

Crumbo, Kim,
248
–49,
333

Crystal Canyon,
120

Crystal rapid,
119
–20,
121
,
123
,
128
,
143
,
229
,
266
,
279
,
315
,
320
,
330

commercial closing of,
287
–88,
290
–92

difficulties of navigating on,
123
,
124
–25,
126
–27,
129

Emerald Mile
’s entering of,
278
,
290
–92,
293
–300,
306

Georgie White’s accident on,
246
–47

as Grua’s favorite,
157
–59

hydraulic jump on,
253
,
255
,
312
,
317

Litton’s dories damaged on,
126
–28

Mills’s accident on,
247
–49

overflowing of,
187

Tour West group accident on,
251
–67,
258,
300
,
315

unique power in flood of,
242
–44

Crystal Dam,
204

Custer, George,
31
–32

Dale, Regan,
128
–29,
130
,
132
,
135
,
137
,
158
–59,
160
,
166
,
313
–14,
374

“ghost boat” seen by,
266
–67,
268

mentoring by,
281

Dalton, Steve (Stevie Sperm),
132

in Corner Pocket mishap,
135
–36,
374

dam breaks,
218
–19

dams,
51

gravity vs. arch,
221
–22

wear and tear on,
191

Dark Canyon,
96
,
313

Darwin, Australia,
182

Davis, Arthur Powell,
60
–62,
78
,
369

debris flows,
115
–16,
118
–19,
120
–21,
124
,
133
,
373

Deer Creek Falls,
147
,
154
,
313

Deer Creek Narrows,
161

Denver, Colo.,
204

Denver Federal Center,
202

Denver Post,
187

Desert Solitaire
(Abbey),
194
–95

Desert View,
23
,
275

Desert View Watchtower,
286
–87

Desolation Canyon,
142

de Soto, Hernando,
231

Devil’s Spittoon,
107
,
290

Dhieux, Henry,
216
,
377

Diablo Canyon,
94

Diamondhead,
95

Díaz, Melchior,
21

Dimock, Brad,
372

Dinosaur National Monument,
73
,
75
–76,
78
,
79
,
92

Dip Trip,
232

Dirty Devil,
188

Disaster Falls,
42

Dolores River,
188
,
204

Dominy, Floyd,
193

dories,
82
,
93
–94,
111
–12,
154
,
155
–57,
159

Dragon Creek,
118
–20

Dreyfus, Dan,
87

Dubendorff rapid,
106
,
175
,
312

Dunn, Bill,
40

death of,
49

in departure from Powell expedition,
47
–48,
176
,
322

Dutton, Clarence,
16

Eagle River,
187

Earth First!,
194

Echo Cliffs,
274