The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon (92 page)

Grand Canyon in,
44
–48

Hall in,
41

Hawkins in,
40
,
42
–43,
44
,
46
,
48
,
53
,
73

Howland brothers in,
41
,
47
–48,
49

ignorance about white water in,
41
–42,
46
,
102
,
367

mishaps of,
42
–43,
46
,
73

monsoons and,
46

portages in,
43
,
44

rapids in,
43
,
45
–46,
47
–48,
133

Powell’s journal of,
40
,
45
,
49
–50,
70
,
80
,
268
,
306
,
317
,
350

Powell’s poor leadership skills in,
44

“race for a dinner” in,
47
,
77
,
92
,
161
,
162
,
343

scientific equipment and specimens abandoned by,
47
–48

Sumner in,
40
,
47
,
48

W. Powell in,
41

Powell, Lake,
11
,
12
,
79
,
95
,
171
,
188
,
193
,
194
,
327

capacity of,
220
–21,
365

expansion of capacity of,
217

gradual rising of,
225
,
226
,
330
–31

hydrostatic pressure at bottom of,
224

overflow of,
188
–89,
196
,
200
–201,
204
,
205

three objectives in maintenance of,
197

Powell, Walter,
41
,
53

Powell Plateau,
287

Prague,
173
,
349

President Harding Rapid,
235
,
285

Priestley, J. B.,
64
,
344
,
387

Principle of Superposition,
25
n

printing press,
22

Promontory Summit,
31

Prospect Canyon,
133
,
134

Pueblo Indians,
121

Puerto Rico,
31

Puls, Louis,
221
–22,
223

Pumpkin Spring,
176
,
177

Pyne, Stephen,
366

Q-Beam,
271
,
319

Quammen, David,
105

Queen Mary,
246
–47

Rags (dog),
162

Rags (firefighter),
245

Rainbow Bridge,
96

Randolph, Epes,
368

rapids, hydraulic features of,
104
–6,
108

Reagan, Nancy,
184

Reagan, Ronald,
184

Redwall (river corridor),
150
,
285

Redwall Cavern,
234

Reilly, P. T.,
81
,
82
,
91
,
94
,
232

Reisner, Marc,
67
,
87

Remington Arms Company,
203

Renaissance,
14
,
22

Republican River,
204

reservoirs,
205

Reynolds, Noriko,
347
–48

Reynolds, Steve “Wren,”
349

as almost drowning,
302
–4

background of,
131
–32

death of,
348
,
349

drinking by,
237

Emerald Mile
bailed by,
304
–5

Emerald Mile
nap of,
321

high-siding by,
288
,
289
,
299

injuries of,
307
,
309
,
314
,
321
,
322

kindness of,
237
–38

and launch of
Emerald Mile,
278

navigation techniques on,
283

Pacific sailing by,
347

river-guide license of,
310

as rower on second speed run,
285
,
311
,
312

speed run desired by,
237
–38

thrown from
Emerald Mile,
300
,
302

worried about closing of Crystal,
293
–94

Rigg, Bob,
163
,
164
,
166
–67,
169
,
170
,
172
,
174
,
176

Rigg, Jim,
163
,
164
,
166
–67,
169
,
170
,
172
,
174
,
176

Rist, Wally,
130
,
134
,
146
,
172
,
326

Grua and Petschek fished out of river by,
175

Grua’s oar mastery admired by,
175

on happiness,
323

permission for
Emerald Mile
speed run sought by,
174

retirement of,
177
,
237

as scholar,
128
,
129

speed record desired by,
172

river outlets,
217

River Unit,
242
–44,
295

Roaring Fork River,
187

Roaring Twenties rapid,
106
,
252
,
284
,
329

Roberson, Darrel,
252
–54,
255
,
256
,
257
,
261
,
263
,
266

Robinson, Bestor,
80
,
83
,
84
–85,
301

Rock Garden (boulders),
125
,
127
,
243

Rockwood, Charles,
56
,
57
,
368

Rocky Mountain National Park,
187

Rocky Mountains,
184
–85

Rogers, Ginger,
93

Rogers, J. David,
334

Rogue River,
95
,
353

Roosevelt, Theodore,
83

rowing,
311
–12

Royal Navy,
211

rubber rafts,
92
,
111
,
155

Ruby,
106

Russia,
31

Ruth, Babe,
93

Sacramento Bee,
334

Sadd el-Kafara,
218
–19

Saddle Canyon,
285

St. Francis Dam,
220
,
221
,
222

Salmon River,
131
,
252

Salt Creek,
324

Salter, James,
168

Salt Lake City, Utah,
185
,
227
–28

Salt Lake City Valley,
186
–87

Salton Sea,
224

Salton Sink,
55
–56,
57
–58

San Diego, Calif.,
224

sandstone,
5
,
11
–13,
44
,
73
,
104
,
115
,
150
,
194
,
198
,
199
,
205
,
207
,
209
,
210
,
213
,
215
,
218
,
221
,
223
,
224
,
226
,
227
,
234
,
325
,
331

Coconino,
115

Jurassic,
274

Kaibab,
25
,
115

Navajo,
11
–12,
201
,
272

Tapeats,
26
,
147
,
286
,
324

San Francisco Bay,
183

San Francisco Chronicle,
86

San Francisco earthquake,
378

San Joaquin Valley,
78

San Juan River,
204

San Miguel River,
188
,
204

Santa Fe Railroad,
70

Sapphire rapid,
106

Sauer, Curt,
238
–39,
263
,
264
,
265
,
306

Sawyer, Diane,
99

Sayano-Shushenskaya Dam,
192
n

schist,
150

Archean,
324

micaceous,
62

Vishnu,
2
,
27
,
45
–46,
104
,
124
,
287
,
311
,
322

Sea of Cortés,
13
,
30
,
33
,
37
,
38
,
49
,
59
,
275
,
333

Hall and Sumner’s boat trip to,
53
–54,
55

Secret Knowledge of Water, The
(Childs),
115

Seedskadee,
35

Separation Canyon,
322

September 1, 2001, terrorist attacks of,
333

Serpentine rapid,
106

Sexton, Anne,
171

Shakespeare, William,
327

Sharber, Joe,
253

Shasta Dam,
65

Gamble’s management of,
191
–92,
193

Shasta ground sloths,
324

Shinarump shale,
2

shooting stars,
113

Shoshone tribe,
35

Sierra Club,
74
–76,
79
–80,
82
,
85
,
86
–87,
98
,
301
,
339

silt,
38
–39

Skagit,
96

Slate Creek Eddy,
124
,
125

Sleight, Ken,
121
,
122

Slot (Lava Falls channel),
134
–35,
154
,
158
,
316

Smith, Jedediah,
37

Smokey (fireman),
245

Snake River,
131
,
237

Soap Creek,
106

Sockdolager rapid,
106
,
175
,
268
,
290

Soil Conservation Service, US,
185

Solo Faces
(Salter),
168

Sonoran Desert,
53
,
54

Southern Pacific Railroad,
57
,
368

South Rim,
32
,
33
,
81
,
83
,
117
,
126
,
144
,
235
,
238
–39,
249
,
263
,
269
,
275
,
276
,
294
–95,
309
,
315
,
336

Cárdenas in,
23
,
25
,
27
,
65
,
286

development of,
350

dispatch center on,
248
,
306

heliport at,
287

medical clinic on,
265

supply of fresh water to,
221

tours of,
351

Spain,
22
–23

Specter rapid,
106
,
175

Spencer Canyon,
324

spillways,
197
–98

Split Mountain Gorge,
142

Stanford, Leland,
31

Stanton, Robert Brewster,
116
,
117
,
162

stationary haystacks,
232
,
288
–89

Steck, Stan,
244

Steele, Keith,
82

Stegner, Wallace,
19
,
69
,
369

Steiger, Lew,
157
,
301
,
353
,
383

Steno’s law,
366

Stephen Aisle,
175
,
309
,
311

Stern, Charlie,
127

Stoner, Jon,
314
–15

Story That Stands Like a Damn, A
(Martin),
222

Stratton, Dave,
252
,
254
,
259
–60,
261
–62,
263
–65

Suave, Leon,
215

Sultzer, Lin,
252
,
254
,
257
,
260
–61,
264

Sumner, John,
40
,
47
,
48

in Colorado trip to Sea of Cortés,
53
–54,
55

Sunset,
82
,
92

Suprise Canyon,
324

Suzie Too,
94

Switzerland,
76
–77

Tahoe, Lake,
132
,
184

Taney, Harlan,
345

Tapeats Creek,
175

Tapeats sandstone,
26
,
147
,
286
,
324

Tapestry Wall,
96

Tarzan,
69

Taylor, Cliff,
273
–74,
277
,
325
,
326

Taylor, James,
99

Tehipite Valley,
72

Tempel-Tuttle comet,
113
–14

Ten-Mile Rock,
234

Tennessee River,
65

Teton reservoir,
220
,
221
,
222

Thank God Eddy,
243
,
270
,
291
,
301
,
303
,
304