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Photo by Kolb Brothers 



These falls are close to 800 feet high, measuring from the cave from which they emerge 

 to the bottom of the last leap. They are intermittent, running only about three months each 

 year during the spring. A four days' journey was made to secure this one picture. The 1,300- 

 foot walls of Bright Angel Canyon (see page 139) had to be climbed after a night spent in 

 Rust's Camp. No load was carried except the cameras, provisions, and a little water. A 

 deer trail six or seven miles long simplified the work of finding a way across the plateau. 

 Then the walls of Clear Creek, equal in height to Bright Angel Canyon, were descended. 

 The falls were reached after wading the stream for six or seven miles, and a picture secured 

 as the shadows began to creep up the wall. Camp was easily made that night. There were 

 no blankets ;_ just a bed in the sand, beside a camp-fire of cottonwood logs and the yucca. 

 The return journey to Bright Angel was made on the following day. While they can be 

 seen from a distance and have been known for many years, the falls here have been visited 

 bv onlv this one party. 



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