Lake Powell
Into a Canyon
[Lake Powell, USA] There came a week of the sublime. The main body of water – Lake Powell – has 96 slot canyons to explore, all the result of the Glen Canyon Dam built in the early 60s. 700 feet down is/was the original Colorado river. An ecological abomination to many, but strangely, artificially beautiful. […]
Through a Canyon
[Lake Powell USA] I don’t know how to climb back into a kayak if I capsized it, and this water is freezing because is early in the season. Vertical walls mean I am continually noting the last place I have been where I could theoretically swim the overturned kayak, climb out of the water onto […]
Tent and kayak in Lake Powell
[Lake Powell] I put my fully loaded kayak in a skiff that I rented from Antelope Point Marina in Page, Arizona. A guy John drove me 52 miles north into Utah to Oak Canyon and dropped me off. It was hot, windy, and the sun was blasting, and I sat on a spit of sandstone […]