The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon (90 page)

Great Basin,
184

Great Dam of Marib,
219

Great Depression,
64
,
75

Great Salt Lake,
184

Great Thumb Mesa,
315
–16

Green Guillotine (river obstacle),
107

Green River,
35
,
36
,
39
,
142
,
167
,
188

Grua, Kenton (Factor),
11
,
15
,
123
,
137
,
141
–42,
170
,
228
,
279,
345

background of,
144
–45,
154
,
374

boatman ritual of,
296
–97

as canyon caretaker,
147
–48

chosen for
Emerald Mile,
172

Crystal enjoyed by,
157
–59

daring of,
147

death of,
347
,
353

Emerald Mile
launch of,
4
–5

Emerald Mile
repaired by,
160
–61

Emerald Mile
retired by,
346

as fascinated by Grand Canyon,
144
–45

Glen Canyon Dam disliked by,
14

Grand Canyon crossed by,
148
–49,
150
,
152
–54

Grand Canyon River Guides created by,
346

in launch for second speed run,
277

Litton as role model for,
239
–40

Litton requested to get permit by,
240
–41,
249
–50,
270
–71

mentoring by,
281

Mormonism of,
141
,
142

night navigation by,
281
,
282

oars of
Emerald Mile
taken over by,
175
,
176

passion for dories of,
156
–57

permission for
Emerald Mile
sought by,
174

personality of,
144
–47

Petschek’s friendship with,
173

recklessness of,
158
–59

river-guide license of,
310

rules of,
145
–46

schemes for Grand Canyon Dories of,
159
–60

second speed run considered by,
236
–37,
238
,
249
–50

signed up as river guide,
143
,
151

skill of,
4
,
144

spartan routine of,
151
–52

strength and stamina of,
144
,
322
–23

thrown into river,
175

as unsatisfied with record,
176
–77

work ethic of,
193

worried about closing of Crystal,
295

writing of,
161

Grua, Kenton (Factor), on second speed run,
335
,
349

citation for,
336

clinging to side of
Emerald Mile,
303

confidence on,
316

considering quitting,
307

dispersed gear collected by,
304
,
305

legal trouble of,
336
–41

nap of,
321

navigation techniques on,
282
–83,
285
–86

passing out,
322

permit denied to,
238
–39,
263
,
270
–71,
306

as rower,
285
,
288
,
289
–90,
299
,
300
,
311
,
312
,
317
,
322
,
325

thrown from boat,
300
–301

Guam,
347

Gunnison,
187
,
204

Hall, Andy,
41

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

Hamilton, Bill,
162
n

Hammurabi,
219

Hance rapid,
106
,
109
,
158
,
175
,
288

Hapsburg Empire,
173

Harper’s Magazine,
64

Harriman, Edward H.,
368

Hatch, Don,
142

Hatch, Ted,
142
,
143

Havasu,
149
,
150
,
152
,
314

Havasupai Indians,
22
,
32

Hawaii,
31
,
182
–83,
347

Háwikuh pueblo,
20
–21

Hawkins, Billy,
40
,
44
,
53

in Powell expedition mishaps,
42
–43,
46
,
73

Hay, Marjie,
252
,
254

Hayes, Ron,
127

headwater capture,
100
–101

Heisenberg, Werner,
206

Helicopter Eddy,
107

Helin, Bruce,
275
–77,
364

Hells Canyon,
132

Helo 210,
263
,
265
–66,
270
,
306
–7,
309
,
311
,
315
,
328

Helo 210A,
263
,
265
–66

Helo 210B,
263
,
265
–66

Hemming, Gary,
168

Hendrick, Jimmy,
290

Henry Mountains,
204

Hermit rapid,
106
,
109
,
156
,
175
,
290

Hermit shale,
115

Hetch Hetchy,
95
,
103
–4

Hibernacle News,
372

Hidden Passage,
96

high-scalers,
62

High Sierra,
184

Hiltzik, Michael,
63

Hindu Amphitheater,
119

Holbrooke, Richard,
99

Holmes, William Henry,
17

Holmstrom, Buzz,
167
–68,
169
–70,
274

Hoover, Herbert,
93

Hoover Dam,
13
,
33
,
65
,
76
,
78
,
168
,
191
,
193
,
325

building of,
61
–64

diversion tunnels of,
66

and uncontrolled release of water,
224

Hopis,
21
,
22
,
24
,
25

Horn Creek rapid,
106
–7,
158
,
175
,
268
,
290

House of Representatives, US, Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs of,
74
–75

House Rock rapid,
106
,
234
,
268
,
331

Howland, Oramel and Seneca,
41

death of,
49

in departure from Powell expedition,
47
–48,
176
,
322

Hualapai Hilltop,
315

Hualapai tribe,
383

Hudson, Ed,
162
–63,
169

Hundred Days Trip,
166
,
167
,
168
,
170

Hurricane, Utah,
97
,
100
,
107
,
137
,
160
,
176
,
177
,
236
,
237
,
238
,
250
,
251
,
274
,
320
,
328
,
336

Hyde, Bessie,
162

Hyde, Glen,
162

hydraulic jump,
105
,
108
,
226
,
227

Hydraulics Lab,
203
,
211
–12,
332
–33,
377

hydrodynamics,
204

hydropower,
61

Idaho,
237

Illinois State Agricultural Society,
34

Illinois State Natural History Society,
35

Imperial Press,
57

Imperial Valley,
56
–61,
62
,
224

Indian Gardens,
116
–17

Indonesia,
182

Indus River,
67

Industrial Revolution,
14

Ingram, Jeff,
86

Inner Gorge,
287

Inner Granite Gorge,
308

Interior Department, US,
60
,
66
,
80
,
84
,
86
,
295

irrigation canals,
14
,
20
,
23

IRS,
86
–87

Island in the Sky (mesa),
188

Ives, Joseph Christmas,
33
–34,
36
,
48
,
62

Jack London Hotel,
83
–85

Jackson Canyon,
324

Jacob Lake,
274

Jamestown,
21

Jarvis Island,
182

Jewels rapid,
106
,
175
,
308

Johnson, Lyndon,
85
,
87
,
91

Johnstown flood,
219
–20,
221
,
222
,
369

Jordan, Suzanne,
259
,
260

Joshua,
167

Jurassic sandstone,
274

Kaibab Plateau,
114
,
274
,
281
,
366

Kaibab sandstone,
25
,
115

Kanab Canyon,
313

Kane, Joe,
251

Kauai,
182

Keller, Helen,
231

Kennedy, Robert F.,
91

Kepler, Johannes,
22

Kern Plateau,
70

Keys, John W.,
334

Kiribati,
182

Kitty Clyde’s Sister,
42
,
48
,
53
,
54

Kiva Lounge,
249

Kocim, Richard,
255
,
256
,
257
,
258,
259
,
381

Koran,
219

Krakatoa,
188

Kwagunt,
175

Kyl, John,
350

Kyushu, Japan,
347

Lake Mead,
see
Mead, Lake

Lake Powell,
see
Powell, Lake

Lake Tahoe,
132
,
184

Lakota,
31
–32

La Plata River,
204

La Sal Mountains,
204

Last Flight of the Scarlet Macaw, The
(Barcott),
65

Las Vegas, Nev.,
224

Lava Falls,
103

Lava Falls rapid,
107
,
133
,
135
,
137
,
143
,
153
,
154
,
158
,
163
,
164
,
172
,
173
–74,
176
,
221
,
268
,
308
,
315
,
316
,
318
,
320
,
321
,
330

Dalton’s accident at,
135
–36,
374

Lee’s Ferry,
2
,
5
,
13
,
38
,
44
,
82
,
85
,
104
,
107
,
118
,
133
,
144
,
148
,
149
,
160
,
162
,
163
,
164
,
166
,
221
,
232
,
234
,
235
,
251
–52,
269
,
270
,
273
–74,
275
,
277
,
278
,
294
,
324
,
325
,
328
,
329
,
331
,
345
,
379

Leonardo da Vinci,
22

Leonid meteor shower,
113
–14

Lewis and Clark expedition,
22
,
34
,
37
,
50

Leydet, François,
85

Life,
85
,
87

Life and Times of Martin Litton, The
(film),
372

Life on the Mississippi
(Twain),
106

limestone,
2
,
25
,
44
,
115
,
147
,
150
,
152
,
234
,
274
,
284
,
285
,
314
,
318
,
325

Little Colorado River,
45
,
252
,
286
,
350
,
374

Litton, Esther,
81

Litton, Martin,
68
,
69
–74,
79
,
232
,
266
,
295
,
330
,
338
,
387

and accidents at Crystal rapid,
249

background of,
68
–72,
73
–74,
130
,
370

commercial guiding company started by,
92
–93,
94
–101,
107
,
108
–9,
123
,
281

current life of,
350
–52

and damage to dories,
104
,
126
–28

Dinosaur dams compromise opposed by,
76
,
79