The Middle-Aged Hiker Index Organized by chapter and paragraph. A acacia see catclaw acacia Agate, Colorado 26-2 Agate Rapids 23-8 27-16 agave cactus 7-13 9-24 11-9 11-11 18-22 30-11 airplane noise 5-5 Albright, West Virginia 17-6 Alkali Flats, Arizona 6-18 Allbrooks, Julie A-2 30-20 Amarillo, Texas 8-3 10-30 12-2 12-11 17-1 21-42 27-4 Amory, Cleveland 5-6 Anasazi 12-8 12-13 19-37 19-45 19-85 21-20 21-23 foot bridge 23-4 storage granaries 23-5 27-11 Angels Landing 46-4 animals dangers 30-12ff. apple 13-8 29-45 Arches National Park 2-36 3-11 4-4 24-22 28-12 21-5 areoles 30-7 Arizona 2-9 6-14 31-16 Atlantic woodlands 33-3 audio clips AzRap 23 The Bakery 15 Scum on My Coffee 32 Aurora, Colorado 4-2 AzRA 23 32-11 AzRap 23-14 27-22 B Babbitt's 6-18 16-26 25-1 29-2 31-7 31-9 s32-48 Back Eddy 23-10 back problems 7-11 25-4 26-1ff. 31-14 Backcountry Reservations Office see BRO backpacks see packs Badger Rapids 27-7 bags, plastic 16-25 see also trash bags barrel cactus 11-9 18-22 Bass limestone 11-12 Bathory, Zoltan and Josephine A-2 bats 18-30 beaches clearing 5-8 erosion 75-7 see also specific beaches: Escalante Hance Lava Pipe Tanner Beamer Trail 20-11 25-3 32-29 32-30 Beatty, Nevada 21-31 Beaver Falls 23-12 27-20 beavertail cactus 11-9 18-22 30-7 Bedrock Rapids 23-9 27-17 Beethoven 72-7 17-2 Big Basin Redwood State Park 21-33 Big Bend National Park 21-41 21-42 Big Nasty Rapids 17-16 Big Sur, California 21-33 bighorn sheep 10-9 Bill Hall Trail 22-2 22-6 blackbrush scrub 7-15 11-9 18-21 30-5 Blacktail Canyon 23-9 27-17 boaters 23 books 3-3 boots 7-3 19-9 22-1 boot rules 7-3 to 7-7 on sale 28-4 Boucher Creek 9-17 13-18 20-2 29-27 29-39 29-41 30-6 Boucher Rapids 29-27 Boucher Trail 29-24 mine 29-39 29-40 Boulder, Colorado 21-3 21-4 Boulder, Utah 21-17 Boulder City, Nevada 21-32 brain rock 32 Brattleboro, Vermont 27-30 breakfast 13-4 19-34 19-42 19-103 see also food Bremerton, Washington 21-34 21-35 Bright Angel Campground 4-10 4-12 8-8 8-9 24-2 Bright Angel Creek 4-11 24-2 Bright Angel Lodge 31-2 31-12 Bright Angel shale 11-3 11-9 11-10 18-21 Bright Angel Trail 3-11 8-5 8-7 20-19 24-2 32-50 British Columbia 2-16 BRO 3-6 3-10 4-8 5-9 6-15 8-10 21-7 24-2 25-2 29-2 30-19 30-20 31-7 32-19 address 3-6 telephone 3-6 Bryce Canyon National Park 4-18 21-17 21-25 Bubba's Texas Style Barbeque 31-5 Budweiser 25-6 29-21 32-31 Burlington, Vermont 31-16 Burnt Lava Flow 2-14 Burr Trail 4-18 10-28 21-17 21-18 21-25 Butchart's Notch 32-13 32-15 32-19 butterfly effect 5-2 C cactus 7-15 11-9 11-11 30-6ff. see also specific types: agave barrel beavertail cushion prickly pear Cadillac Ranch 12-11 21-43 Cafe Espress 31-14 cairns 20-20 20-22 20-23 California 2-12 4-16 19-136 24-1 27-5 s32-34 Camel's Hump 31-16 camera 16-18 Cameron, Arizona 31-5 camp stove see stove campgrounds see also specific campgrounds: Bright Angel Cottonwood Hermit Indian Gardens Ledges Lower Tapeats Mather Monument Upper Tapeats Canyon de Chelly 12-8 canyon lunch 13 Canyonlands National Park 4-6 4-20 19-16 21-20 21-23 canyons see also specific canyons: Blacktail Bryce Canyon de Chelly Chaco David Elves Glen Hance Havasu Horse Kanab Lost Mineral Mitten Monument Muley Twist National North Owl Creek Papago Slate Snow Travertine Zion Cape Solitude 31-2 Capitol Reef National Park 2-8 4-18 21-18 21-25 Carbon Creek 27-13 Cardenas Creek 32-14 32-17 32-25 Cardenas lava 11-12 Carnegie Mellon University 21-44 Carpenter, Jan A-3 Castle Rock 2-5 catclaw acacia 7-15 11-11 18-23 30-5 32-8 Cathedral Stairs 11-9 25-2 29-4 29-43 31-7 32-4 32-46 32-51 Cave Spring 19-106 19-122 Cedar Breaks National Park 21-17 Cedar City, Utah 21-27 Cedar Springs 8-7 Chaco Canyon 12-9 Cheat River 17-6ff. cheese 13-5 see also food Cheesebox Mesa 21-25 Cheyava Falls 23-7 Chicago 31-1 Chief Yellowhorse 31-5 chocolate 13-1 13-6 see also food Christmas Tree Cave 27-18 Chuar Rapids 27-14 cicada 19-11 Cinco da Mayo 6-7 Circus Circus 21-16 Cisco, Utah 4-22 cleanup of food 13-18 Clear Creek 23-7 Clear Creek Trail 8-9 24-3 Cleveland Chamber Symphony 32-10 clothing 16-13 clouds 9-16 9 Coconino sandstone 11-4 11-7 18-16 Coconino State Forest 31-7 Colby, Kansas 6-2 Coliseum Rapids 17-25ff. Colorado 4-2 4-22 23-1 Colorado Gorge 11-12 Colorado National Monument 19-14 Colorado Plateau 21-19 Colorado River 2-37 4-20 4-10 5-5 l7-2 8-11 8-12 19-139 21-21 22-3 23-1ff. 25-9 27-1ff. 29-20 30-17 32-17 32-28 33-3 colors 11-5ff. 18-15ff. Columbus, Ohio 2-4 8-14 Comanche Creek 25-3 25-5 25-6 32-26 32-35 compass 20-13ff. Connecticut 1-5 Continental Divide Bar & Grill 8-4 cook stove see stove cookbooks 13-2 see also food cookware 13-17 16-22 Cope Butte 29-5 Copper Mountain 19-139 Corridor, The 5-9 16-31 20-19 32-25 costs 16-31 cottonwood 11-13 Cottonwood Campground 4-12 Cottonwood Creek 32-1 32-4 32-7 crampons 24-2ff. Crazy Jug Point 22-2 Crescent City, California 21-34 creeks see also specific creeks: Boucher Bright Angel Carbon Cardeñas Clear Comanche Cottonwood Deer Diamond Dove Escalante Espejo Fogarty Hance Havasu Hermit Horn Mill Monument Owl (Canyon) Palisades Pipe Salt (Canyonlands) Salt (Grand Canyon) Seventy-Five Mile Stone Tanner Tapeats Tuna creosote bush 7-15 11-11 cryptogamic earth 5-4 Crystal Rapids 5-3 9-10 20-4 20-7 23-8 27-16 29-26 29-27 29-29 29-32 to 29-34 i29-39 Cue Ball Rapids 17-20 Cuisinart 14-1 17-22 Cumberland, Maryland 17-3 cushion cactus 29-22 11-14 18-22 D Dally, Lynn 21-32 dangers 30-1ff. darkness 9-5 datura see sacred datura David Canyon 19-17 Death Valley 21-31 Decision Rapids 17-14 Deer Creek 22-4 23-10 27-18 Denver 2-5 4-2 6-3 8-12 Desert View Watchtower 27-13 dessert 13-14 see also food Deubendorff Rapids 23-9 27-17 Devil's Churn 21-34 Devil's Corkscrew 4-15 Devil's Punch Bowl, et al. 2-20 Dewey Bridge 2-37 8-12 Diamond Creek 23-16 27-23 dinner 13-10 13-11 19-39 Disneyland 2-12 6-4 6-8 17-21 17-39 Doo Dah Parade 21-39 Dove Creek 21-24 Downtown Motel 31-6 Dox sandstone 11-12 32-36 Drain, Oregon 2-15 dreams 1-6 19-90 drinks 13-4 16-26 see also food ducks see cairns E Edge of the Cedars National Monument 8-11 eggs 13-6 see also food Eisenhower Pass 4-4 elevation 7-2 Elves Canyon 23-9 27-16 emergencies 16-19ff. emergency blanket 16-20 card 16-20 cold 25-16 Ensenada 6-12 Entenmann's 12-5ff. environmental impact and damage 5-3 5-9 food and cleanup 13-18 see also human impact - airplane noise - helicopter noise erosion 9-32 29-10 Escalante Beach 9-34 9 Escalante Butte 32-46 Escalante Creek 25-10 32-13 Escalante Route 32-19 Espejo Creek 25-5 32-24 32-26 32-29 32-30 32-32 32-35 32 Esplanade 22-2 22-6 Eureka, California 21-34 F falls see also specific falls: Beaver Cheyava Mooney feet swelling 7-8 fetid marigolds 9-29 Field Guide to the Grand Canyon 30-6 filters, water 16-5 first light 19-20 19-58 23-3 fishing 23-5 Flagstaff 8-4 8-10 10-29 12-3 12-8 21-12 22-2 22-7 23-1 24-1 27-4 27-25 31-1 31-7 31-13ff. 32-2 32-50 flash flood 19-64 Fletcher, Colin 18-2 to 18-4 18-7 fluffgrass 19-21 18-22 Fogarty Creek State Park 2-18 food 13-1ff. 16-22ff. breakfast 13-4 cleanup 13-18 dehydrated 13-3 16-24 dessert 13-14 dinner 13-10 drinks 13-4 16-26 main course 13-5 16-28 preparation 13-15 Fool's Saddle (Fool's Corner) 25-16 32-3 32-51 Football Field 23-10 footprints 5-1 fossils 9-38 Four Corners 32-51 four o'clocks 9-28 18-24 Friendship, Maryland 17-4 frog rock 9 Froot Loops 19-103 fuel conserving 13-16 Fund for Animals 5-6 G Gallup, New Mexico 27-4 Garden Grove, California 2-12 4-16 6-4 6-13 21-37 giardia 30-16 Glen Canyon Dam 3-11 5-5 5-7 8-11 21-13 Glen Canyon Recreation Area 21-27 31-5 Glen Canyon Steak House 31-5 glochids 7-15 30-7 30-9 Gookinade 7-17 16-4 16-26 gorp 13-7 see also food - trail mix Grand Canyon dangers 30-1ff. ecology 5-1ff. geology 11-1ff. plants 7-14 pleasures 9-1ff. rocks 7-16 silence 1-6 see also beaches - campgrounds - canyons - creeks see also falls - hikes - rapids - springs - trails Grand Canyon Suite 8-5 18-10 Grand Canyon Village 12-4 Grand Junction, Colorado 19-16 21-4 Grandview Trail 9-37 10-25 11-8 13-9 20-8 25-16 32-1ff. 32-7 32-19 32-26 32-51 Granite Rapids 21-8 21-9 23-7 27-15 29-5 29-10 29-18 29-22 31-9 Grapevine Rapids 23-6 27-15 Great Basin National Park 21-31 Great Unconformity 11-11 18-10 Green Mountains 7-2 Green River 4-20 21-21 H hackberry 11-13 Hakatai shale 11-12 11-14 25-10 Halloween 8-9 Hance Beach 32-11 Hance Canyon 32-8 32-9 Hance Creek 10-14 10-17 25-10 25-15 25-16 32-8 Hance-Grandview Loop 10-1 Hance Rapids 23-6 25-16 27-15 32-9 32-13 32-51 32-45 Hance Trail see New Hance Trail Hartford, Connecticut 27-30 Havasu Canyon 23-12 Havasu Creek 23-12 Havasu Rapids 27-20 Helicopter Eddy 27-18 helicopter noise 5-5 31-10 Helium Museum 8-3 12-11 Herendeen, Heidi A-3 Hermit Campground 29-19 Hermit Creek 9-9 29-15 29-19 29-21 29-43 30-15 Hermit Gorge 31-7 31-10 Hermit Rapids 5-8 8-5 to 8-6 9-23 12-5 12-6 13-20 18-2 21-7 21-8 23-7 27-15 29-9 29-22 29-41 29-42 31-7 Hermit Trail I-1 6-15 9-26 11-9 12-5 18-31 20-19 21-7 29-1 29-15 29-41ff. 31-7 32-25 Hermit's Rest 8-5 12-4 21-7 21-12 29-2 29-3 b31-2 Hermit Shale 22-6 Highway to Heaven 25-15 hikes Arches N.P. 4-4 21-5 Canyonlands N.P. 19-1ff. 21-22 Grand Canyon N.P. 2 4 6 8 10 12 18 21 22 24 25 29 31 32 via: Bill Hall Trail 22-2ff. Bright Angel Trail 2-28ff. 24-2ff. Grandview Trail 25-2ff. 32-1ff. Hermit Trail 6-15ff. 8-5ff. 12-5ff. 18-12ff. 21-7ff. 29-3ff. 31-7ff. New Hance Trail 10-5ff. South Kaibab Trail 4-10ff. Zion N.P. 21-14 see also campgrounds - costs - dangers - emergencies see also environmental impact - food - hygiene - lost - packs see also preparation - rain - safety - shelter - supplies see also trails - water Hiking the Grand Canyon 25-9 Hobart 23-8 Hollywood 21-32 Holst, Gustav 21-21 Horn Creek 6-17 8-7 13-15 21-11 31-10 31-11 Horn Rapids 23-7 27-15 Horse Canyon 19-29 Horseshoe Mesa 10-25 11-8 25-16 32-3 32-8 32-46 Hosue Rapids 27-8 Hot Na Na 23-2 human impact 5-3 18-5ff. see also environmental impact and damage humbling outlook 1 hydration 7-17 hygiene 16-21ff. hypothermia 3-14 8-9 19-65 I Illinois 4-2 4-22 8-13 12-2 21-3 Indian Gardens 2-26 4-15 6-17 8-5 8-7 8-10 12-7 21-12 24-2 31-11 Indian Hollow Trail 22-6 Indiana 4-22 12-2 Indianapolis 4-1 6-2 8-14 12-1 17-1 27-2 27-27 Iowa 21-3 J Joplin, Missouri 27-27 Joshua Tree National Monument 21-31 juniper 9-23 9-33 11-8 18-13 K Kaibab limestone 11-4 11-7 18-13 Kaibab Trail see South Kaibab Trail Kanab, Utah 21-13 Kanab Canyon 22-6 Kanab Rapids 23-11 27-18 Kansas 2-5 4-2 4-22 8-12 8-13 31-16 Katella Deli 24-2 kayaks 27-7 27-22 Kentucky 21-44 Keyser's Ridge 17-4 knees 25-2 25-12 wraps and braces 7-12 knife 13-17 knots 19-43 Kolob Arch 6-3 21-14 21-15 21-30 Kwagunt Rapids a23-5 27-13 L La Rouche, Lyndon 12-9 La Sal Mountains 4-5 8-12 19-29 19-108 La Veta, Colorado 29-44 Lake Champlain 31-16 Lake Powell 4-19 5-7 31-2 31-13 Las Vegas 2-10 6-4 19-136 21-16 21-27 21-29 Lava Beach 25-5 Lava Falls Rapids 23-13 27-21 Lava Rapids 32-24 32-26 32-28 32-31 layer-cake rock 11 Ledges campsite 23-11 Lees Ferry 8-11 23-2 27-6 31-4 Lehman Cave 21-31 lichens 18-14 lightning 16-8ff. limestone 11-4ff. see also specific types: Bass Kaibab Muav Lipan Point 25-1 25-2 Little Bastard Rapids 27-22 Little Colorado River 23-6 27-13 32-1 Locket Meadow 31-16 locust 30-5 Lola J's 31-15 Lone Rock, Arizona 31-5 long way down 7 Los Alamos, New Mexico 12-10 Los Angeles 2-21 6-5 lost 20 20-11ff. 20-19ff. Lost Canyon 19-106 19-110 19-115 Lowell Observatory 21-13 Lower Tapeats Campsite 22-5 Lujan, Denis 19-16ff. 21-22 23-2 M M&Ms 29-35 Maggio, Nick A-2 maps 3-4 19-33 19-40 19-46 20-9ff. Trails Illustrated 3-9 U.S.G.S. 3-9 20-9 see also specific trail names and locations Marfa, Texas 21-41 marigolds see fetid marigolds Maryland 31-16 Mather Campground 3-10 4-9 6-14 16-31 25-1 25-2 32-2 32-44 Fir Loop 10-4 Juniper Loop 25-2 Matkatamiba Rapids a23-11 27-19 Maze Rapids, The 17-20 meat 13-5 16-29 see also food meatless meat 13-11 16-29 32-51 see also food Medford, Oregon 21-35 medicine 16-15 Melville, Bob A-3 Mesa Verde 21-24 mesquite 11-11 18-23 Meteor Crater 8-4 Mexican Hat, Utah 4-8 8-11 Mexico 6-1ff. 32-34 mica 9-26 11-3 middle age I-1 7-10 milk 13-4 16-26 see also food Mill Creek 21-20 Mineral Canyon 25-16 32-9 minerals 32-11 Mirror Meadow 2-33 Missouri 4-2 4-22 6-19 8-3 8-13 12-2 Mitten Canyon 19-29 19-36 Moab, Utah 2-37 8-11 8-12 21-18 21-20 Mogollon Rim 31-16 Mojave Desert 21-41 Moleskin 7-9 16-15 monarch butterfly 11-13 Montgomery, Dee 25-2 Monty Python 11-1 Monument Campground 29-6 Monument Canyon 1-6 29-11 30-15 31-10 Monument Creek 6-16 68-6 8-7 9-2 9-12 9 12-6 21-8 31-9 Monument Point 22-2 Monument Valley 4-8 8-11 Mooney Falls 23-12 moonlight 9-27 9 29-7 Mormon tea 18-22 Mt. Shasta 2-14 Mt. Saint Helens 2-17 Muav limestone 11-9 11-14 18-20 Muley Twist Canyon 4-18 N naming things 11-2 Nankoweap Rapids 23-5 27-10 Narrows, The 27-18 31-4 National Canyon 23-13 National Cartographic Information Center 20-9 national parks and monuments see parks and monuments Natural Bridges National Park 4-7 4-20 8-11 21-24 21-25 Nautiloid 27-9 Nava-Hopi Bus 31-2 32-2 32-50 32-51 Navajo Bridge 8-11 Navajo Power Station 5-5 Nebraska 21-3 Nevada 21-31 Nevills Rapids 23-6 27-14 27-15 New England 1-3 1-5 New Hance Trail 10-13 10-14 32-1 32-10 New Jersey 1-2 4-1 6-22 10-31 27-1 27-28 New Mexico 6-19 12-2 12-11 to 12-13 New Stanton, Pennsylvania 8-14 New York 31-16 Newspaper Rock 4-21 North Canyon 23-3 27-8 North Rim 22-1 32-21 32-22 32-29 O Oak Brook, Illinois 21-2 oatmeal 13-1 see also food Ogg, Wendy A-3 Ohio 2-2 2-39 6-21 21-44 27-28 Ohlman, Jim 20-4 Oklahoma 6-19 8-3 10-2 12-11 12-12 12-13 27-27 Oklahoma City 10-2 27-3 on sale 28-1ff. One-Hundred-Twenty-Seven-Mile Rapids 27-17 Oregon 2-15 21-34 Outward Bound 19-1ff. 21-22 23-2 Owl Creek Canyon 8-10 P Pacific Coast Highway 21-33 packs 26-3ff. and back problems 7-11 26-3 damage 29-30 on sale 28-5 28-6 weight 26-10 Page, Arizona 31-3 31-5 Painted Desert 31-15 Palace Monkeys Poets Band 2-14 Palace Station Casino 21-28 Palisades Creek 32-28 Palm Springs, California 21-32 Pancho's Patio 23-10 panorama 33 Papago Canyon 25-12 25 25-15 32-12 32-18 32-51 Paramus, New Jersey 19-9 Paria Canyon Wilderness 31-3 Paria River 31-4 parks and monuments see also specific parks and monuments: Arches N.P. Big Basin Redwood S.P. Big Bend N.P. Bryce Canyon N.P. Canyonlands N.P. Capitol Reef N.P. Cedar Breaks N.P. Colorado N.M. Edge of the Cedars N.M. Fogarty Creek S.P. Great Basin N.P. Joshua Tree N.M. Natural Bridges N.P. Yosemite N.P. Zion N.P. Pasadena, California 21-39 pasta 16-28 see also food Paul Bunyon's Potty 21-22 Peekaboo Spring 19-70 Peekaboo Trail 19-106 19-115ff. 21-22 Pennsylvania 4-24 8-2 27-28 turnpike 6-1 8-14 17-1 27-28 permits 3-6 5-9 Phantom Ranch 4-11 4-14 8-8 21-11 24-2 27-15 Philadelphia 4-25 21-1 Phoenix 31-1 Pike Street Market 21-35 pinyon pine 11-8 18-13 Pipe Beach 24-2 Pipe Creek 23-7 24-4 planning kit 3-6 Plateau Point 31-11 31-12 polypropylene 16-13 Powell, John Wesley 18-2 preparation 3-1 of food 13-15 President Harding Rapids 23-4 prickly pear cactus 11-9 11-14 18-22 30-7 30-9 32-8 Public, John Q. 21-22 Pumpkin Springs 23-14 27-22 purifying water 16-5 Q quadrangle 20-10 quartz 11-3 11-7 see also Shinumo quartzite R rabbitbrush 7-15 11-8 rafting Cheat River 17-9ff. Colorado River 23-2ff. 27-5ff. rain 10-20 16-8ff. 16 19-60 19-78 21-36 32-14 32-15 32-17 32-34 Rancid Tuna Rapids 27-16 Ranger Tim 29-44 30-20 31-7 31-8 rapids 17-14ff. see also specific rapids: Agate Badger Bedrock Big Nasty Boucher Chuar Coliseum Crystal Cue Ball Decision Deubendorff Granite Grapevine Hance Havasu Hermit Horn Hosue Kanab Kwagunt Lava Lava Falls Little Bastard Matkatamiba Maze Nankoweap Nevills One-Hundred-Twenty-Seven Mile President Harding Rancid Tuna Roaring Twenties Ruby Salt Sapphire Serpentine Seventy-Five Mile Shinumo Soap Sockdolager Tanner Tapeats Tierdrop Tuckup Turquoise Twenty-Nine Mile Unkar Upset Waltenberg Zircon Zoroaster rappel 19-52ff. 23-10 rattlesnakes 9-6 9-30 23-6 25-9 29-31 30-15 ravens 9-35 18-14 18-20 19-94 21-10 25-15 25 32-8 redwall 8-10 10-8 11-9 18-19 29 Redwall Cavern 23-4 27-9 reflection 18 regulations 5-9 repairs 16-16 16-17 rescue 3 16-19 17-26 revegetation 29-14 Rhode Island Kite Club 25-14 Ribbon Falls 8-8 ringtail cat 8-10 30-13 Rio Grande 21-41 river runners 10-12 10-15 Rivera the Rat 32-41 32-45 32-51 Riverton, New Jersey 8-14 21-44 Roaring Twenties Rapids 23-3 27-9 rocks 7-16 9-15 9-34 9-40 30-2 as guides 20-21 20-21 see also cairns rockfalls 29-15 30-2 Rollo, Missouri 27-27 roosters 19-125 Rose, Tony 10-13 Roxbury, Vermont 6-22 rubber rabbitbrush see rabbitbrush Ruby Rapids 23-8 27-16 run 19-128 S sacred datura 9-4 11-13 29-16 29-21 30-15 safety 16-14ff. Sage Springs 25-16 sale, on 28-1 salt 7-17 16-4 Salt Creek (Canyonlands) 19-62 Salt Creek (Grand Canyon) 8-7 9-20 31-10 31-11 Salt Gulch 21-25 Salt Rapids 23-7 San Diego 6-13 San Felipe 6-9 San Francisco 2-14 21-36 San Juan Island 2-16 sandbars 3-13 30-18 sandstone 9-6 9-36 11-3ff. see also specific types: Coconino Dox Tapeats Sangre de Cristo Mountains 12-10 Santa Fe 12-3 12-10 Santa Maria Spring 8-5 29-3 29-44 31-7 Sapphire Rapids 23-8 27-16 sauces 13-11 scorpions 19-114 23-6 30-14 seasons, hiking 3-7 Seattle 21-35 Sedona, Arizona 31-16 Serpentine Rapids 23-8 27-16 Seventy-Five Mile Creek 25-12 25-14 32-13 Seventy-Five Mile Rapids 25-12 25-14 25-15 sewing-machine leg 7-13 shale 11-8 see also specific types: Bright Angel Hakatai Hermit Shamrock, Texas 27-3 shelter 16-6ff. Shinumo quartzite 11-12 Shinumo Rapids 27-16 shopping 27-29 shuttle 32-2 Sierra Trading Post 28-1 silence 1-6 9-8 Silver Grotto 23-4 27-9 Silver Suspension Bridge 4-13 Sipapu 23-6 Six Shooter 19-17 Slate Canyon 9-10 20-2 29-22 29-25 29-32 29-38 30-2 30-15 sleep 26-12 sleeping bag on sale 28-7 slickrock 19-62 19-120 snow 4-10 10-25 24-2ff. 25-1ff. 25-16 32-17 Snow Canyon 21-27 Soap Rapids 27-8 Sockdolager Rapids 23-6 27-15 solo 19-79 soup 13-10 16-28 see also food South Kaibab Trail 4-10 20-19 23-7 Southern Utah Wilderness Alliance (SUWA) 21-18 Spam Patrol 19-35ff. Spangler, Sharon 20-7 spices 16-30 see also food spiders 30-14 32-42 springs see also specific springs: Cave Cedar Palm Peekaboo Pumpkin Sage Santa Maria Squaw Flat 19-106 19-115 19-122 St. George, Utah 21-27 St. Louis 17-1 27-3 27-27 Stone Creek 23-10 stove 16-23 repairs 16-16 stranded 25-13 sunrises 4-18 sunsets 4-12 9-18 9-27 18 Supai group 11-8 18-17 Supai Village 23-12 supplies 6-16 26-7ff. see also bags - boots - camera - clothing - compass - cookware - emergencies see also food - fuel - knees - knife - maps - medicine - packs - permits see also preparation - safety - stove - tents - trash bags - water filters see also List-O-Stuff No. 1 and List-O-Stuff No. 2 Surprise Valley 22-2 22-4 22-6 switchbacks 5-3 32-48 T tamarisk 18-27 20-12 tammies 7-15 11-13 25-10 25-11 Tanner Beach 25-3 25-9 32-22 32-24 32-32 32-51 Tanner Creek 32-36 Tanner Rapids 20-11 25-2 25-6 27-14 30-15 32-11 32-13 32-14 32-25 Tanner Trail 9-14 25-1ff. 32-17 32-25 32-36 32-45 32-50 Tapeats Creek 22-1 22-3 Tapeats Rapids 23-10 27-17 27-18 Tapeats sandstone 11-4 11-10 18-25 20-2 23-9 29-29 29-37 tarantulas 30-14 Tarzana, California 2-34 tents 2-3 16-6 and backs 26-14 and environment 26-13 on sale 28-3 Terre Haute, Indiana 27-27 Texas 6-19 12-2 12-11 Thermarest 10-19 23-6 28-6 Thunder River 22-2 22-5 Tierdrop Rapids 17-20 toads 29-13 toes 7-14 tofu 13-12 see also food toilets 19-24 Tonto Plateau 8-7 9-31 11-3 11-9 18-19 18-21 29-14 32-51 Tonto Trail 6-17 8-6 8-7 11-10 b20-2 21-8 25-16 29-2 29-4 29-5 29-23 29-26 29-39 29-41 29-43 29-44 31-7 31-9 31-10 32-7 32-9 32-13 32-51 tools 16-16 see also repairs Toroweap formation 11-4 11-7 18-15 Tower Ruin 21-22 Toutle River 2-17 trail mix 13-7 16-27 trail damage 29-15 trails burro 20-24 finding 020-20 washed out 3-15 see also specific trail names: Beamer Bill Hall Boucher Bright Angel Burr Clear Creek Grandview Hermit Indian Hollow New Hance Peekaboo South Kaibab Tanner Tonto see also hikes trash bags as shelter 16-11 Travertine Canyon 9-9 9-13 29-23 29-41 tree, old 5 Tucker 25-15 Tuckup Rapids 23-13 27-20 Tucson 6-18 21-41 24-1 Tucumcari, New Mexico 12-2 Tulsa 10-2 17-1 27-3 Tuna Creek 23-8 Turquoise Rapids 23-8 d27-16 Twenty-Nine Mile Rapids 23-3 U Unkar Rapids 20-11 23-6 25-9 25-10 32-13 32-14 32-15 up 19-28 25-10 Upper Tapeats Campsite 22-2 22-3 Upset Rapids 23-11 27-14 27-19 Utah 2-7 2-35 4-4 4-17 5-7 6-3 8-11 10-28 21-5 21-31 31-3 V Vail, Colorado 6-3 8-12 19-139 Valley of the Gods 4-8 Vasey's Paradise 23-4 27-9 vegetables 16-28 Vermont 1-1 27-1 Victoria, British Columbia 21-35 Virgin River 6-4 Visalia, California 21-33 Vishnu schist 11-3 11-12 Vulcan's Anvil 23-13 W Walterberg Rapids 27-16 Washington 21-34 water 7-17 16-4ff. 19-27 20-25ff. 29-2 30-16 purifying 16-5 16-15 32-28 filters 16-5 see also food Water Music 10-14 waterfalls see falls West Virginia 17-6 17-12 17-36 Whitney, Stephen 30-7 Wilderness River Adventures 32-21 Williams, Arizona 31-11 willow 11-13 WPA 18-5 X Y Yavapai Lodge and Cafeteria 16-31 25-2 25-16 32-44 32-48 Yosemite National Park 2-31 yucca 11-8 11-9 Yukon, Oklahoma 12-2 Z Zion Canyon 4-18 Zion National Park 52-35 4-17 6-3 21-14 21-17 21-26 zipper repair 16-16 31-4 31-7 32-5 see also repairs Zircon Rapids 27-16 Zoroaster Rapids 23-7 27-15 The Middle-Aged Hiker is Copyright 1993,95 by Dennis Bathory-Kitsz and David Gunn. 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