The Little Book of the Grand Canyon: A Breath-taking Experience: 9

A mile deep. 277-miles long. 18 miles wide. The Grand Canyon isn't just spectacular in terms of its size | scale and iconic stature – though it is MASSIVE – its also huge in terms of its popularity | remaining in the U.S.'s Top Five all-natural tourist hotspots. Located in Arizona | the Canyon was carved by the Colorado River 70 million years ago. Today | it's the whole world's most famous hole | where the view up is as impressive | and frightening | as the view looking down.. The Little Book of the Grand Canyon condenses the beauty of this behemoth into the palm of your hand | squeezing it down to its essential facts | stats | quotes | notes | icons and origins | a compact compendium of canyon-based grandiosity. Put simply | it's everything you need to know before you go.. 'The wonders of the Grand Canyon cannot be adequately represented in symbols of speech | nor by speech itself.' John Wesley Powell. 'You can't say you're going to jump the Grand Canyon and then jump some other canyon.' Evel Knievel