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FEATURE (Category: Americas | USA | autumn | hiking | naturereserves)
Utah/Arizona: in Search of the Wave
Utah/Arizona: in Search of the Wave
Deep in the heart of the Colorado plateau the Vermillion Cliffs Wilderness Area begins. An inaccessible and breathtakingly beautiful area. This is where we start our search for The Wave: the best-kept trekking secret of the USA. Read excerpts of this feature.
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 7730] 'Balanced rock.' In the Paria Canyon some rocks are balancing on thin pillars, like this two meter long example.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/photos/2048563_HVMar-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 7730] 'Balanced rock.' In the Paria Canyon some rocks are balancing on thin pillars, like this two meter long example.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 7732] 'Crooked pillars.' Some walls are decorated with complicated patterns of indentations and holes, interspersed with pillars. It looks like crazy sculptors with a strange sense of humour have been at work (Paria Canyon).](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/photos/2048562_wwNTE-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 7732] 'Crooked pillars.' Some walls are decorated with complicated patterns of indentations and holes, interspersed with pillars. It looks like crazy sculptors with a strange sense of humour have been at work (Paria Canyon).")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 7736] 'Colours of nature.' When the sandstone of the Paria Canyon erodes you get sand of a colour you've never imagined before. Add a stone and some desert plants. Signed: nature.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/photos/2048560_6sQMw-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 7736] 'Colours of nature.' When the sandstone of the Paria Canyon erodes you get sand of a colour you've never imagined before. Add a stone and some desert plants. Signed: nature.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 7738] 'Paria Canyon.' Hiking the Paria Canyon means crossing water every hundred meters. Never go without a stick, you might encounter quicksand.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/photos/2048559_reD7E-Ti-1.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 7738] 'Paria Canyon.' Hiking the Paria Canyon means crossing water every hundred meters. Never go without a stick, you might encounter quicksand.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 7740] 'Paria Canyon.' Hiking the Paria Canyon means crossing water every hundred meters. Never go without a stick, you might encounter quicksand.](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/photos/2048558_zJAM9-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 7740] 'Paria Canyon.' Hiking the Paria Canyon means crossing water every hundred meters. Never go without a stick, you might encounter quicksand.")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 7741] 'Buckskin Gulch.' In the blue-grey dusk we see the scaly back plates of a Stegosaurus loom (Buckskin Gulch, sculpted by flash floods).](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/photos/2048556_WYBsV-Ti-1.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 7741] 'Buckskin Gulch.' In the blue-grey dusk we see the scaly back plates of a Stegosaurus loom (Buckskin Gulch, sculpted by flash floods).")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 7743]
'Buckskin Gulch.'
Many turns later, a gracefully bowed sail appears, woven of the most delicate satin. We let the ship from the underworld pass (Buckskin Gulch, sculpted by flash floods).](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/photos/2048555_eP78V-Ti-1.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 7743]
'Buckskin Gulch.'
Many turns later, a gracefully bowed sail appears, woven of the most delicate satin. We let the ship from the underworld pass (Buckskin Gulch, sculpted by flash floods).")
![Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 7749] 'Driving a washboard.' Driving through the vast expanse of Grand Staircase - Escalante national monument. The park ranger: "If its your own car, dont do it. If its a rental, beat it up!"](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/photos/2048554_vyAHQ-Ti.jpg "Smit & Palarczyk > [USA.UTAH 7749] 'Driving a washboard.' Driving through the vast expanse of Grand Staircase - Escalante national monument. The park ranger: \"If its your own car, dont do it. If its a rental, beat it up!\"")
[USA.UTAH 7749]
'Driving a washboard.'
Driving through the vast expanse of Grand Staircase - Escalante national monument. The park ranger: "If its your own car, dont do it. If its a rental, beat it up!" ![> [USA.UTAH 7749] 'Driving a washboard.' Driving through the vast expanse of Grand Staircase - Escalante national monument. The park ranger: "If its your own car, dont do it. If its a rental, beat it up!"](http://paulsmit.smugmug.com/photos/2048554_vyAHQ-S.jpg "> [USA.UTAH 7749] 'Driving a washboard.' Driving through the vast expanse of Grand Staircase - Escalante national monument. The park ranger: \"If its your own car, dont do it. If its a rental, beat it up!\"")
[USA.UTAH 7749]
'Driving a washboard.'
Driving through the vast expanse of Grand Staircase - Escalante national monument. The park ranger: "If its your own car, dont do it. If its a rental, beat it up!" filename: 862 |
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