The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon (89 page)

Echo Park,
43
,
73
,
74
–75,
77
–78,
81
,
142
,
370

Echo Park dams,
73
–76,
77
–78

Echo Summit,
184

Ecuador,
183

eddy line,
335
–36

Egypt,
218
–19

85 Mile rapid,
290

83 Mile rapid,
290

Eisenhower, Dwight D.,
76

Eliot, T. S.,
29

Elk Mountains,
184

El Niño,
11
,
182
n,
183
–85,
345
,
365

El Tovar hotel,
81
,
337

Elves Chasm,
147
,
309

Emerald Mile,
88
,
102
,
354

Corner Pocket mishap of,
135
–36

demoted to “guest boat,”
132

first launch of,
131

in Idaho,
131

naming of,
96

repairing of,
136
,
160
–61,
236
,
277

retirement of,
346

second speed run considered for,
236
–38

self-bailing footwells of,
172

towed back to Hurricane,
328

“Viking funeral” considered for,
137
,
160
,
176
,
277
,
313
–14,
347

Emerald Mile,
first speed run of,
326

hail storm on,
175
–76

launch of,
4
–5,
7
,
174

Riggs’ record beaten by,
176
,
177
,
198

Emerald Mile,
second speed run of,
2
–3,
15
,
50
,
135
,
281
–92,
293
–305,
306
–17,
318
–26,
335

battering of,
284

boat righted in,
304
–5

brought to launch site,
271
–73

capsizing of,
301
,
303
,
306
,
309
,
314

Crystal rapid entered by,
278
,
290
–92,
293
–300,
306

in Crystal turbulence,
298
–300

importance of,
343
–45

launch of,
4
–5,
277
–78,
364

midstream sandbars in,
324
–25

National Park Service in pursuit of,
305
,
306
–7,
308
,
309
,
310
–11,
315
–16,
320

Petschek’s memories of,
349

photographs of,
314

Thomas’s disapproval of,
292
,
294
–96

Upper Granite Gorge turbulence hit by,
288
–90

Emerald rapid,
106

Emergency Services Building,
306

Eminence Break,
151
,
166

Emma Dean,
42
,
47

environmentalism,
72
–73,
79
–80,
83
–86,
88
,
91
,
194
–96

Esmeralda, II,
162
–63

Esplanade,
287

Euphrates River,
219

Exploration of the Colorado River of the West and Its Tributaries
(Powell),
49
–50

Falvey, Henry,
51
,
204
,
212
,
225
,
332
–33,
334
,
365
,
377

Fangs, The (river obstacle),
107

Fanning Island,
182

FBI,
202

Federal Emergency Management Agency,
185

Fern Glen,
314
,
316

Fiji,
347

Fish and Wildlife Services,
202

Flagstaff, Ariz.,
236

Flagstaff Medical Center,
265
n

Flaming Gorge,
329

Flaming Gorge,
96
,
352

flash floods,
115
–16

Fletcher, Colin,
148
–49,
150
,
177

Fletcher, Roger,
372

flooding,
231

fluid dynamics,
206

Folsom Dam,
192
–93

Forester rapid,
103

Forever Eddy,
107

Fort Peck Dam,
65

Fort Yuma,
33

Franklin (van),
273
,
274
,
276

Fraser River,
187

Frémont, John Charles,
37

frontier, closing of,
31

Frost, Robert,
229

Fryingpan River,
187

Gable, Clark,
93

Galápagos,
181

Galileo Galilei,
22

Gallaher, Matt,
252

Gallaher, Nancy,
252

Gallaher, Scott,
252
,
259
,
262
,
263
–64

Gallaher, Walt,
252
,
259

Gamble, Tom:

background,
190
–91,
376

called to Glen Canyon Dam emergency,
200
,
201

in decisions over opening spillway gates,
214
–15,
226
–27,
329
–30

discharge capacity increased by,
225
–26,
232

E&R Center called by,
202
–3

flying debris witnessed by,
201
,
213

Folsom Dam managed by,
192
–93

and inspection of Glen Canyon Dam,
206
,
207
–8

Lake Powell capacity expanded by,
217

and opposition to Glen Canyon Dam,
194
–96

in response to flooding,
327
–28

river-outlet works shut down by,
217

Shasta Dam managed by,
191
–92,
193

spillways closed by,
331

spillways opened by,
198
,
333
–34

work ethic of,
192
–93

Gardner, John,
94

Gem,
81
,
82

Geological Survey, US,
50
,
119
,
121
,
227

Gestapo,
173
n

Ghiglieri, Michael,
117
,
275
–77,
364
,
381

Gleick, Peter,
67

Glen Canyon,
95
,
96
,
123

Glen Canyon Dam,
38
,
98

authorization of,
76

Burgi’s inspection of,
206
–11,
212
–13,
214
,
223

concrete plugs in,
223
–24

construction of,
76
–78

Control Room of,
8
–11,
171
,
189
,
198
,
200
,
201
,
213
,
226
,
364

design of,
221
–22

discharge capacity of,
225

diversion tunnels of,
79
,
210
,
223

economic progress and,
14
–15

Falvey’s calculations regarding cavitation,
225

hydroelectric power plant of,
8
,
129

Lake Powell filled by,
171
–72,
174

maintenance department of,
215
–17,
377

and overflow of Colorado,
188
–89,
196
,
200
–201,
204

passageways in interior of,
198
–99,
200
–201

power cables in,
111

size of,
9
,
220

suspicious sounds in,
199
–200

worries about overtopping of,
222
–23

Glen Canyon Dam, spillway tunnels of,
11
–12,
20
,
172
,
202
–3,
206
–7,
223
,
226
,
269
,
333
–34

in Burgi’s inspection of dam,
208
,
209

Burgi’s plan to manage,
225

cavitation in,
211
–13,
214
,
218
,
222
,
223
,
225
,
331
,
332
–33,
334
,
365

closing of,
329
–30,
331
–32

damage caused by broken concrete in,
212

debris in,
13
,
200
–201,
227

discharge capacity of,
225
–26,
228
,
232
,
236
,
243
,
328

dispute over use of,
214
–15

flashboards built for,
216
–17

hydraulic jump in,
13
,
226
–27,
244

intersecting with diversion tunnels,
210
,
223

leakage from,
206
–7,
209

opening of,
197
–98,
212
,
226
–27

repairs on,
332
,
335

safety system on,
216
–17

tremors caused by,
218

worries over integrity of,
222

Golden Globe (yacht race),
167

Golden Trout Wilderness,
70

gold rush,
53

Goodman, Frank,
41
,
43

Grahame, Kenneth,
102
,
141

Grand Banks,
93

Grand Canyon,
1
–5

allure of,
344
–45

convoluted routes of,
148
–50

European exploration of,
19
–28,
50
,
61

flash floods in,
115
–16

guiding permits for,
91
–92

Inner Gorge of,
287

Powell’s exploration of,
see
Powell, John Wesley, Colorado expedition of

shaping of,
118

storms over,
179,
181

white-water trips in,
91

Grand Canyon,
349

Grand Canyon dams:

congressional bill on,
86
–88

opposition to,
79
–80,
83
–86,
91
,
194
–96,
283
,
301

Grand Canyon Dories,
92
–93,
94
–100,
271
,
352

guides for,
97
–101,
102
,
111
–12,
126
,
128
–29,
130
–31,
146
,
237
,
335
,
349

length of expeditions of,
165
–66

slowness of dories of,
232

see also
Litton, Martin

Grand Canyon Lodge,
114

Grand Canyon National Park,
240
,
338

Grand Canyon River Guides,
346

Grand Canyon river:

appeal of,
164
–66,
168
–69

deaths in,
116
–17,
162
,
262
,
264
,
266
,
269
,
302
,
315
,
329

debris flows in,
115
–16,
118
–19,
120
–21,
124
,
133

first perfect run through,
129
–30

Grua’s crossing of,
148
–49,
150
,
152
–54

navigation of,
102
–8

speed records on,
161
–64,
166
–67,
168
–70,
172
,
176
,
177
,
198

see also specific rivers

Grand Canyon Village,
287
,
336

Grand Coulee Dam,
193

building of,
65

Grand Staircase,
274

Grand Wash Cliffs,
5
,
39
,
48
,
53
,
92
,
107
,
137
,
148
,
149
,
152
–53,
163
,
168
,
312
,
325
,
326
,
327
,
330

granite,
48
,
59
,
243
,
244
,
312
,
322
,
345

pre-Cambrian,
62

Zoroaster,
2
,
256

Granite Gorge,
45
,
173
,
282

Inner,
308

Lower,
324

Middle,
311

Upper,
104
,
288
–90,
309
,
329

Granite Narrows (river feature),
312
,
313

Granite Park (river feature),
106
,
166
,
322

Granite rapid,
106
,
158
,
175
,
290

Grant, Ulysses S.,
35

Grapevine rapids,
106
,
290
,
345

gravity dams,
221
–22

Great Barrier Reef,
182