Lava Falls is the prominent rapid in the lower picture. It is one of the largest and most feared rapids in the Grand Canyon
The area around Toroweap was first surveyed and studied in a systematic fashion by the John Wesley Powell expeditions in the late 1860's and the early 1870's. There are great quotes from this period of time that are included in the first published accounts of the Toroweap Point and surroundings. Here is one attributed to Clarence Dutton, the cartographer on one of the Powell expeditions. "It would be difficult to find anywhere else in the world... such dramatic and inspiring surroundings." Frederick S. Dellenbaugh, the artist on the second Powell expedition, Called Toroweap Point, "the Edge of the World." In
Hiking the Grand Canyon, (2006) John Annerino says of Toroweap Point: "If you do nothing else just sit there. Take your time. Let the canyon whisper its secrets to you. But go see the edge." In several weeks I will be headed to Toroweap as a volunteer for Grand Canyon National Park and hope to do exactly that.
