35MM SUC Flash Camera
for use on your Grand Canyon trip - or anywhere.
G R A N D C A N Y O N 2 0 0 0
T R I P
For specific trip planning information, contact James
Hayford - Nashua, NH
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is your chance to win a 35MM SUC Flash Camera for use on your Grand Canyon trip - or anywhere. |
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Send your answers to James
Hayford or hand in a completed entry form at one of the Scout
Meetings.
Winners will be determined by the first five (5) sets of all correct
answers,
or the top five correct answer sets received by contest end APRIL
1, 2000.
Be sure to include your Name and Address for all
entries sent via E-mail .
Have fun !
On-line FORMS Version
Do your answers on the 'net and SUBMIT
them.
TEXT VERSION
IN & AROUND
THE RAPIDS WITH THE LARGEST VERTICAL DROP OFF (37 FEET)
THE EVENT THAT GAVE SEPARATION CANYON ITS NAME
THE NAME OF THE CAMP BEFORE IT WAS CHANGED TO "PHANTOM RANCH" BY THE NATIONAL PARK SERVICE
THE "OTHER" NAME FOR BASS TOMB, WHERE WILLIAM BASS HAD HIS ASHES PLACED (IN A COPPER BOX)
THE AREA OF THE NARROWEST WIDTH ACROSS THE COLORADO RIVER (60 FEET)PERSONALITIES
HE "SINGLE HANDEDLY" LEAD AN EXPEDITION DOWN THE COLORADO RIVER
"THE "HERMIT" OF HERMITS REST,TRAIL & SHALE
ENGLISH EMIGRANT BORN IN 1835 CREDITED WITH "CIVILIZING THE WEST"
CANYON AUTHORITY, AVID HIKER AND MATH PROFESSOR AT NORTHERN ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY
POET AND TRAIN CONDUCTOR WHO LEFT NYC AND RAISED THE FIRST WHITE FAMILY IN THE CANYONSTATISTICS
277.7 MILES LONG
AN AVERAGE OF 12 1/2 FEET AND 5 1/2 FEET
IN 1912 BECAME THE 48TH STATE
AT 8,803 FEET IT IS THE HIGHEST POINT ON EITHER RIM
AN AVERAGE OF 143 MILLION TONS WITH A RECORD OF 480 MILLION TONSTRAIL GUIDE
THE CONFLUENCE OF PHANTOM CREEK
THE FIRST CAMPGROUND ON THE BRIGHT ANGEL TRAIL AS YOU DESCEND FROM THE NORTH RIM
IT COST $ 1.00 IN THE LATE 1890'S
THE TRAIL WITH TWO REST HOUSES, FREE TELEPHONES AND RUNNING WATER
HUALAPI HILLTOP TO NANKOWEAP CREEK A DISTANCE OF MORE THAN 200 MILESWHO SAYS
"WE FIRE OUR GUNS AS A SIGNAL TO THE MEN ABOVE THAT WE HAVE COME OVER SAFELY"
(OF THE RIVER) "THIS TRIP IS UNUSUAL AND WILL HARDLY BECOME A POPULAR TOUR"
"TO THICK TO DRINK TO THIN TO PLOW"
"THE AGES HAVE BEEN AT WORK UPON IT, AND MAN CAN ONLY MAR IT"
"OURS...WILL BE THE LAST PARTY OF WHITES TO VISIT THIS PROFITLESS LOCALITY"
Send Answers to:
| JAMES
HAYFORD Use "GRAND CANYON JEOPARDY" in Subject line of e-mail |
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