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Trip - 2001 - Page
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Grand Canyon
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 Deer
Creek holds one more surprise for us. It runs out of the rock face
departing the narrows as a waterfall. This waterfall has lowered
its exit point about 10 feet in 150 years or so. That's some
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bit further on one comes to Matkatamiba where it's pretty traditional to
build a butt dam. Some people get into it in more or less
elaborate ways. Some want to simply plug the stream up and
everyone gets up at once to see the flood of the catastrophic dam
failure sweep down the creek bed. Others like to put bridges and
houses along the edges of the river. Regardless, I think it's
mostly just a silly way to get wet! And I enjoy it
thoroughly.
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bit further down Havasu Creek enters on the left. A walk up the
creek reveals some beautiful waterfalls. A few of us swam to the
opposite side of the creek and climbed up the wall on the far side, then
recrossed the stream to get to the point where you can jump into the
deep water to the right of the falls. When it got to be my turn, I
inched down to the ledge and said to the guide (Mareka) "Is now a
good time to tell you I have a fear of heights?" It made me
laugh which was what I needed because it was true. I jumped
anyway.
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Deer
Creek holds one more surprise for us. It runs out of the rock face
departing the narrows as a waterfall. This waterfall has lowered
its exit point about 10 feet in 150 years or so. That's some
pretty amazing down cutting. 
