The Middle-Aged Hiker

Index

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Entries in boldface are extensive. Entries in italics are illustrations.

Organized by chapter and paragraph.

A
acacia see catclaw acacia
Agate, Colorado 6-2
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 6-4
animals 30-12ff.
apple 13-8 29-45
Arches National Park 2-36 3-11 4-4 4-22 8-12 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
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B
Babbitt's 6-18 16-26 25-1 29-2 31-7 31-9 32-48
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 5-7
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 2-7 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
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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
Café Espress 31-14
cairns 20-20 20-22 20-23
California 2-12 4-16 19-136 24-1 27-5 32-34
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
Cardeñas Creek 32-14 32-17 32-25
Cardeñas 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 9-11
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
Coconiño sandstone 11-4 11-7 18-16
Coconiño 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 7-2 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 29-39
Cue Ball Rapids 17-20
Cuisinart 14-1 17-22
Cumberland, Maryland 17-3
cushion cactus 9-22 11-14 18-22
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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
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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
Enseñada 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
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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 9-21 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
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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
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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 31-2
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
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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
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J
Joplin, Missouri 27-27
Joshua Tree National Monument 21-31
juniper 9-23 9-33 11-8 18-13
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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 23-5 27-13
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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
Luján, Denis 19-16ff. 21-22 23-2
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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 23-11 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 8-6 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
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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
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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
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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
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Q
quadrangle 20-10
quartz 11-3 11-7
see also Shinumo quartzite
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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
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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:
Coconiño
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
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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 20-2 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 20-20
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 27-16
Twenty-Nine Mile Rapids 23-3
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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
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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
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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
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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
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Z
Zion Canyon 4-18
Zion National Park 2-35 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
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