Grand Canyon Dories
Aug/Sep 09
Lees Ferry to Phantom Ranch
Phantom Ranch to Diamond Creek
Aug/Sep 09
Lees Ferry to Phantom Ranch
Phantom Ranch to Diamond Creek
Grand Canyon Dories Slideshows
Below are slideshows with music. There is something about seeing these pictures
underscored with music that changes the way they are seen. Time passes
differently. Hopefully, if you have taken a dory or traveled by other means in the
canyon, this will take you back to that time.
Originally, this was produced as an iPhoto slideshow. It was a seamless show in
only two parts, one for each of the two groups that made up the 15-day trip. It
worked very well and I couldn’t wait to share it. Unfortunately, it was only viewable
on my computer. That forced me to reduce the file size of each picture so I could fit
them to various slideshow programs on the web. None panned out as they each
had file size limitations, even after the photos were compressed to the smallest
possible size. (I refused to compress them to the point where the passion would be
lost.) I tried iDVD but there were picture quality problems there, too. I tried iMovie
but it reduced the quality of the pictures to grainy worthlessness.
I turned to PowerPoint because it kept the integrity of the pictures. Still, it crashed
when I tried to load more than 60 photos in any one file. That is why the slideshow
is broken up into segments as dictated by the length of each music cut.
To view the slideshows you have to put yourself on canyon time. If you have been
on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, you know what that means. So try to
find some time to see the episodes consecutively. If you have enough file space,
consider saving them all first. There is great reward in doing so. So that you know
what you are seeing, consider downloading the two Word documents that list the
pictures. Each slideshow download will take between 3-5 minutes with a cable
modem. (If you are still on a 56K modem, you will be out of luck.) Then turn the
sound up or put the headphones on, click on the Powerpoint Slideshow button, sit
back, relax and exhale a hearty “Dories, ho!”
These files have a .pptx extension. That means it was packaged for shared
viewing. The presentation and all of its linked files — such as images, sound, and
movies —are in one folder. If you don’t have PowerPoint, you will need a free
PowerPoint viewer.
Go to Microsoft’s download center or try these links.
Here’s where you can download it.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/126492
for macs:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e25cb1e5-209c-4a58-
b283-23e84b616477&displaylang=en
Below are slideshows with music. There is something about seeing these pictures
underscored with music that changes the way they are seen. Time passes
differently. Hopefully, if you have taken a dory or traveled by other means in the
canyon, this will take you back to that time.
Originally, this was produced as an iPhoto slideshow. It was a seamless show in
only two parts, one for each of the two groups that made up the 15-day trip. It
worked very well and I couldn’t wait to share it. Unfortunately, it was only viewable
on my computer. That forced me to reduce the file size of each picture so I could fit
them to various slideshow programs on the web. None panned out as they each
had file size limitations, even after the photos were compressed to the smallest
possible size. (I refused to compress them to the point where the passion would be
lost.) I tried iDVD but there were picture quality problems there, too. I tried iMovie
but it reduced the quality of the pictures to grainy worthlessness.
I turned to PowerPoint because it kept the integrity of the pictures. Still, it crashed
when I tried to load more than 60 photos in any one file. That is why the slideshow
is broken up into segments as dictated by the length of each music cut.
To view the slideshows you have to put yourself on canyon time. If you have been
on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon, you know what that means. So try to
find some time to see the episodes consecutively. If you have enough file space,
consider saving them all first. There is great reward in doing so. So that you know
what you are seeing, consider downloading the two Word documents that list the
pictures. Each slideshow download will take between 3-5 minutes with a cable
modem. (If you are still on a 56K modem, you will be out of luck.) Then turn the
sound up or put the headphones on, click on the Powerpoint Slideshow button, sit
back, relax and exhale a hearty “Dories, ho!”
These files have a .pptx extension. That means it was packaged for shared
viewing. The presentation and all of its linked files — such as images, sound, and
movies —are in one folder. If you don’t have PowerPoint, you will need a free
PowerPoint viewer.
Go to Microsoft’s download center or try these links.
Here’s where you can download it.
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/126492
for macs:
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=e25cb1e5-209c-4a58-
b283-23e84b616477&displaylang=en
What is a dory? Outdoor Adventure River Specialists (OARS), with whom I traveled, has their answer here: www.oars.com/dory or try here: Webster's Online Dictionary or here: Doryplans101 What is a dory? Here is my answer. The Dory is small. It has no motor. It holds four people plus the oarsman, whose oar skills, save for the river itself, are the only method of propulsion. Modeled after the tiny sea-going Portuguese fishing boat, it is hardwood-hulled. At Lees Ferry we stepped into dories that were the closest relatives to the ones that ventured down the Grand Canyon in its early days of exploration. Our four dories were handmade by the men who rowed them: Sean, Judd, Bruce and Rondo Jo. They told us that their dories were the most intimate option for experiencing the river in the Grand Canyon -- or any other river for that matter. Unlike the stories that usually come from the tongues of dorymen, this was the truth. The dories cut the Colorado and rode low on the river. We glided in still passages. We were shaken to our very core on the rapids. That's because the dory became part of the flow. We could reach down and touch the Colorado. It reciprocated on the rapids, out of a kind of respect, crashing full force into our laps, our faces and our hearts. It was a natural high. It was pure cold joy. Motorless, it was the perfect vessel in which to wonder minute by minute, hour by hour, day by day about the intense quiet, the profound solitude and the overwhelming magnificence of the Grand Canyon. We lost our present cares, we traveled deep into earth's undeniable past and we contemplated our individual, previously unimagined futures. |
Where did we camp? Where did we eat lunch? Where did we stop? Where did we hike? Where did we howl at the moon? ____________________ Grand Canyon Camp/Hike/Lunch places Day 1 Leave Radisson, Flagstaff, AZ Lunch in a van on US 89 Put in at Lee’s Ferry Camp at 20 Mile/Georgie’s Camp Day 2 Morning hike North Canyon/water pools Lunch just past Indian Dick early camp 31.5 Mile South Canyon (view of Vesey’s Paradise) evening hike South Canyon/petroglyphs Day 3 Morning hike Stanton’s Cave Redwall Canyon Lunch at Martha’s Rest Cave exploration for dam building (Tatahatso) Camp at Lower Saddle Canyon Day 4 Morning hike up Saddle Canyon/slot canyon/water pools Lunch at Nankoweap Hike to Graneries Larry loses it a little Camp at Above LCR (Little Colorado River) Night storytelling and moon howling Day 5 LCR hike/float Hike Carbon Canyon Lunch after hike Camp at Below Neville’s Right Day 6 Hance, Sockdolager, Grapevine, Zoroaster Rapids Lunch at Phantom Ranch Goodbye to some; hello to new ones Moon River/Mooned River Camp 92 Mile-Above Salt Creek Day 7 Horn Creek, Granite, Boucher Rapids Lunch before Tuna Creek Rapid The Gems Hike Bass Canyon Camp before Bass Rapid-Ross Wheeler Day 8 Morning hike South Bass Trail to Ross Wheeler boat Lunch and hike at Elves Canyon Hike up Blacktail Canyon-Native American ‘Cathedral’ and The Great Unconformity Sean’s 50th Camp at Upper Blacktail Camp Day 9 ½ day rapids Lunch, hike and camp at Stone Creek—waterfalls and climbing Day 10 Short river day Major hike Tapeats Creek, Thunder River (waterfall), Surprise Valley (desert), descent into Deer Creek—waterfalls and pools Camp at Doris-138 Mile Day 11 Hike up Kanab Creek to ‘Whispering Springs’ Meltdown in the Muav: Bill breaks his arm; he and Aleene helicoptered out Lunch? I know we had it, but where? Camp at Below Kanab-145 Mile Day 12 Lunch at Last Chance Hike into Havasu Creek Camp at Tuckup Day 13 Lava Falls We almost lose Amy Lunch at Below Lower Lava (Tequila beach) Whitmore Wash Camp at Hualapai Acres-194 Mile More moon howling Larry writes a song Welcome to Hualapai Acres Day 14 Lunch at no name beach between 205 rapid and 209 rapid Hike at Three Springs Canyon Float at Three Springs Rapid Camp at Middle 220-Mile Day 15 Take out day at Diamond Creek Lunch in a van on Rte 66 Final Goodbyes Camp at Radisson (or wherever) |
| "Dory" is a name that signifies or is derived from: 'a gift from God.' Webster's Online Dictionary |
| SLIDESHOWS WITH MUSIC |
Nankoweap So high in the air So dry in the sky I am drowning Yet I am alive. Larry Gleason 2009 |
