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Golden Touch To "Altogether Valueless" Grand Canyon had to wait for a highly adventurous person with knowledge of geology, paleontology, and ethnology, and aesthetic sensibilities, and who could express his experiences in equally powerful language before Grand Canyon could claim its true place among the natural wonders of the world. And such a person came in 1869, a Civil War veteran by the name of John Wesley Powell who had lost his right hand in that war. This dare devil of a man achieved the formidable feat merely with four tiny wooden boats and a team of ten inexperienced men. His boats were often broken in the rapids; one man of the team returned even before entering the Grand Canyon having had enough of scary adventure; three men left him after passing through some of the dangerous rapids, at what is now known as Separation Point. Soon after that Powell crossed the fateful rapid successfully, but the three men? How often most of us loose courage and patience when we are fairly close to success! Powell converted the 'profitless, altogether valueless and useless area' in to one of the most profitable and valuable areas in the world. We had reached St. George at about 8 PM. St. George is a hilly town on the border of the mysterious formations. On 2 Dec. we enjoyed the excitement of amazing Zion National Park in the earlier half and even more amazing Bryce National Park in the later half of the day. Zion, Bryce and Grand Canyon together uncover the geological history of this area from today till 2000 mya. We started at about 5:30 in the evening from Bryce, and we reached a town Cameron at about 11:15 in the night. Stunning Symphony of Stones
The Trinity : Brahma, Vishnu, Mahesh
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On third December we started early from Cameron and drove the 48 kms to the eastern boundary of the Grand Canyon, to the 'Desert View Point'. Wind was sharp like a razor, at this height of 7438 feet, the highest plateau (nearby Navajo Point being 7461feet) around except for the North Rim of the Grand Canyon which is about 9000 feet. But with our adrenaline flowing in our well-protected bodies we easily braved it and walked towards the edge of the South Rim. 
Lo and behold! I was stunned though I had seen large, charming and faithful
color photographs of the Grand Canyon. As if reading my face and mind Sandeep said that this was his second visit, and yet the awe, the wonder and the fascination remains. The paper reproductions, however faithful and however
colorful and artistic, could not have done justice to this vastness of space and immensity of plateaus, magic of mesas, cuteness of buttes, bragging crags, trill of towers, inspiring spires, concerto of canyons, cheering creeks and celestial ensemble of temples etc. etc. Although as far as light and
color was concerned the high quality printing in the photos had done enough justice; the reality was spell binding and transcended the image. The sun's rays were highly oblique and the deep shadows created a mysterious atmosphere. Soon I was lifted to a sublime plane. We were in the presence of nature personified, paying our respect. No wonder that some of the peaks and plateaus have been identified as temples or shrines. No wonder all early humans were nature worshippers. Param pointed to the Vishnu Temple northwest of us. As I was appreciating this noble gesture of erudite geologist Clarence Dutton who led the first US Geological Survey expedition in 1880 and named many of the structures here; Param pointed out the Rama and Krishna Shrines, two smaller peaks in front of the Vishnu Temple. Clarence Dutton had been to the east and had absorbed the religio-mythological knowledge of the east. In the West, probably this is the only place where the names of mountains and peaks have been chosen from Hindu and other eastern pantheon. Clarence Dutton had given names from Greek, Egyptian, Persian, Chinese, Nordic, Native American and other mythologies, and also names of some of the pioneer explorers. Names from Greek and Native American mythologies are in majority. 