Back in Las Vegas for business, and another day trip to the Grand Canyon, and this time I chose the South Rim, which would be a full day drive with a colleague from work driving us there and back.
The trip to the South Rim itself was quite uneventful, but still full of the sights of endless open roads, desertic landscape, and just an incomparable feeling of freedom and adventure to experience! And being still in April, the park was not so full, despite the amazing, clear, and dry weather blessing us all the way there.
As we had left a bit late, we only arrived after lunch and decided to split in order to each concentrate on what was more important to us, and for me, of course, some dedicated photographic sights at different pre-determined locations I had studied on the map the day before: limited time, must plan accordingly!
At first glance, it looked quite similar to the West Rim, but very quickly, as I approached the edge of the paths allowing us to be very close to the precipices, the differences started to show. And I think the most obvious difference was just the sheer size of the chasm in front of me, which seemed deeper, and more contorted, tortured in all directions, like the earth had literally been cut through by a giant jagged-edged sword or axe or cruel blade of some sort.
As I explored a bit more, some of the sightseeing hot spots, where people could go off the ‘safe areas’ and onto the rocks outcrops, where another step forward would basically see you plummet hundreds of meters down! And despite the yearly case(s) of such accidents occurring, one could see countless, mostly young people, death-defying attempts to go as close as possible to the edge. But for me, it meant great photographic opportunities to show the sheer scale of the Grand Canyon…
