{"id":330,"date":"2012-03-22T11:07:27","date_gmt":"2012-03-22T19:07:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wildimagephoto.com\/journal\/?p=330"},"modified":"2012-03-22T11:07:27","modified_gmt":"2012-03-22T19:07:27","slug":"grand-canyon-at-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.wildimagephoto.com\/journal\/2012\/03\/22\/grand-canyon-at-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Grand Canyon: At Play"},"content":{"rendered":"


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(Hiking through the lower reaches of Tuckup Canyon, Canon 7D, 17-40f4L @17mm, ISO200, f5.6, 1\/125th, handheld)<\/em><\/p>\n

River trips aren’t easy. They require an extraordinary amount of work. Packing and unpacking, rigging and de-rigging the boats, hauling equipment, cooking and cleaning, setting up and disassembling kitchens, folding chairs, fire pans, tarps… There is a sea of daily work that has to be done. Yet, somehow, between the obligatory chores we found time to get out and really play.<\/p>\n

Funny how the word “play” seems to indicate that what we did was frivolous. It wasn’t. What we did, (though I don’t think we were always aware of it at the time), was immerse ourselves more deeply in the place. The desert isn’t a world of flowing water and river sounds. It is a region of dry rock and hardy, prickly vegetation. It is a place that bakes in the sun, and survives, by holding on to the cracks in the rocks. By wandering away from the water, we found ourselves outside the river-world that was our daily routine. We experienced the canyon in a much fuller sense. The little-visited side-canyons we accessed by clawing ourselves up wet, dripping cliff faces, were fun interludes, certainly, but also gave us a broader perspective on the canyon experience. Sure it was play, but play with purpose.<\/p>\n

As for jumping off cliffs into the river? Well there is no excuse for that kind of behavior, but it sure was fun.
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(Matt soars over the Grand Canyon near Deer Creek, Canon 7D, 17-40f4L @17mm, ISO400, f6.3, 1\/1250th, handheld.)<\/em>
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(Red stands in silhouette against the canyon at the top of the 7th step of Elve’s Chasm, Canon 7D, 17-40f4L @40mm, ISO200, f9.0, 1\/500th, handheld)<\/em><\/p>\n

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(Hugh climbs up above the second step of Elve’s Chasm, Canon 7D, 17-40f4L @23mm, ISO200, f4.0, 1\/40th, handheld)<\/em><\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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