For neither my eyes, nor my other senses, had ever beheld so much dizzying space. Wide, high, deep, spiraling space. Space of colored haze. Space and exhilaration and more space, slashed and divided by precipitous and progressively descending rock towers, corral and green and umber, whose frightful heights and numbers could only be believed, because I countenanced them from above instead of below. That s probably what gets everyone the first time being at the top of a 7,000 foot plunging precipice.
Mountain climbers train years in order to risk their lives for such a view.
Having said I won t attempt the visuals, I will keep my promise mostly. Having scheduled a three day stay, I soon develop a strange, addiction to the Grand Canyon. And one reason I obsess so is that it gives me permission. Let me explain. While it s the most powerful vision I ve had in my life, it is more remarkable for repelling the hype, for being humble.