Parmi les multiples manières de se rendre compte qu'on est peu de choses, il y a la contemplation des canyons : se dire qu'un cours d'eau a su, au fil des millénaires, creuser ces cicatrices dans la roches, on se dit qu'on ne pèse pas bien lourd. C'est certainement pour ça que le photographe Pete McBride, sociétaire de National Geographic, a promener ses objectifs sur les bords du Grand Canyon en Arizona, essayant de rendre compte de son immensité.
When I captured this image, I was recovering from hyponatremia, a condition of severe salt and electrolyte imbalance in the body. I became ill (nearly unconscious) at the start of our walk through this landscape in a rare scorching heatwave in October. Thanks to the help of friends, I hiked out of…
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The Confluence. A sacred place where the Colorado River meets the turquoise waters of the Little Colorado, holds profound spiritual significance for many Native Americans whose ancestral lands lie within the canyon, including the Havasupai, the Zuni, the Hopi, and the Navajo. This is also the…
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Marble Canyon. Driving to start the last stretch of our journey. The next 100 miles are all on foot. Here we go... @kevinfedarkoauthor
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Finding a line by foot through the Grand Canyon is a logistical balancing act: Carry enough sustenance to survive, but stay light and nimble to make miles to find water and reach food caches. @delormegps update: Last 48 hours of final leg. 30 miles hiking, 6k vertical, 1 slot canyon w/ 6 swims, 1…
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A hidden slot canyon filled with cathedral amphitheaters and natural springs, quietly winds inside the Grand Canyon. While this world is remote, it is heavily affected by the activities in the world beyond the rim via water — the most precious resource in the canyon. My behind-the-scenes account of…
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A threatened landscape. The Confluence of the Colorado River and the Little Colorado holds profound spiritual significance for many Native Americans whose ancestral lands lie within the Grand Canyon. A proposed Grand Canyon Escalade bill, which seeks approval from the Navajo Nation Council to…
— Pete McBride (@pedromcbride)
The Grand Canyon, the jewel of our National Park System, and arguably the most recognized and beloved landscape in America, provokes two reactions from humans: the urge to protect it, and the temptation to make a pile of money from it. Are we loving it to death?
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The Grand Canyon. This American Crown Jewel, often called an outdoor Sistine Chapel has delivered awe, humility, respect and even fear into my mind. Sometimes its beauty can mask it harshness—and its fragility. The challenges we faced in the first 650 miles and 60 days sleeping in the rocks…
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The Confluence. To the Navajo, the place where the two rivers meet — the Colorado and the Little Colorado — is where life begins. I'll be speaking on my Grand Canyon experience at the North Rim this weekend with the @nationalparkservice. Learn more about this special place and the economic…
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Secret, heavenly water hole. Even in the colder, wetter months, water in the Grand Canyon is liquid gold to us. Final stretch and final night in the Canyon. Thanks all for cheering us on!
Looking in. Kevin Fedarko likes to say that he blames me for basically everything that has happened on our long walk. He’s right (mostly). An end-to-end trip through the Grand Canyon isn’t a particularly sane thing to attempt on foot, but along the way amidst moments of danger, hardship and fear…
— Pete McBride (@pedromcbride)
A man on foot, on horseback or on a bicycle will see more, feel more, enjoy more in one mile than the motorized tourists can in a hundred miles.” — Edward Abbey, Desert Solitaire. Read those words in college, years ago. Still resonates today. 75+ nights, 700+ miles, down. Final stretch...
— Pete McBride (@pedromcbride)
Effectivement, il est grand ce canyon.