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A Ranger at the Grand Canyon |
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David can make this talk available on either 35mm slides, or as a digital presentation. There are more pictures in the Grand Canyon gallery. Grand Canyon quotes from the talk
“The region is of course, altogether valueless. It can be approached only
from the South, and after entering it there is nothing to do but leave. Ours
has been the first, and will doubtless be the last, party of whites to visit
this profitless locality. It seems intended by nature that the Colorado
river, along with the greater portion of its lonely and majestic way, shall
be forever unvisited and undisturbed.”
Lt. Joseph Christmas Ives
“We are three quarters of a mile in the depths of the earth, and the great
river shrinks into insignificance, as it dashes its angry waves against the
walls and cliffs, that rise to the world above; they are but puny ripples,
and we but pygmies, running up and down the sands, or lost among the
boulders. We have an unknown distance yet to run, an unknown river yet to
explore. What falls there are, we know not; what rocks beset the channel, we
know not; what walls rise over the river, we know not.”
Major John Wesley Powell
“The relief from danger and the joy of success are great…Ever before us has been
an unknown danger, heavier than immediate peril. Every waking hour passed in the
Grand Canyon has been one of toil. We have watched with deep solicitude the
steady disappearance of our scant supply of rations, and from time to time have
seen the river snatch a portion of the little left, while we were ahungered. And
danger and toil were endured in those gloomy depths, where oftimes clouds hid
the sky by day and but a narrow zone of stars could be seen at night. Only
during the few hours of deep sleep, consequent on hard labor, has the roar of
the waters been hushed. Now the danger is over, now the toil has ceased, now the
gloom has disappeared, now the firmament is bounded only by the horizon, and
what a vast expanse of constellations can be seen!.”
Major John Wesley Powell
“The finest workers in stone are not copper or steel tools, but the gentle
touches of air and water working at their leisure with a liberal allowance of
time.”
Henry David Thoreau
“To stand upon the edge of this stupendous gorge, as it receives its earliest
greeting from the god of day, is to enjoy in a moment compensation for long
years of ordinary uneventful life.”
John L. Stoddard
“In the Grand Canyon, Arizona has a natural wonder which, so far as I know, is
in kind absolutely unparalleled throughout the rest of the world.... Leave it as
it is. You cannot improve on it, and man can only mar it. What you can do is to
keep it for your children, your children's children, and for all who come after
you, as the one great sight which every American....should see.”
Theodore Roosevelt
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David worked as a National Park Ranger in the
Grand Canyon, responsible for explaining its natural wonder to
visitors and leading nature hikes. He explored and photographed much of the Canyon,
and has made several return visits. This talk will give insights
only obtainable from someone who knows this fascinating region intimately.
This
talk has drawn large attendances every time he has given it. His intimate
encounter with a rattlesnake is not the least of the highlights.......
