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River Trip Orientation Video - Chapter 3
Low Impact Camping
Chapter 3 - Low Impact Camping - Download Windows Media & Quicktime versions from this page.
 
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Chapter 3 - Duration 2:46
Low Impact Camping
Because there are now so many of us, this chapter gives some low impact camping tips for Colorado River Trips within Grand Canyon National Park.

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GRAND CANYON ROCKS  

Did You Know?
The more recent Kaibab limestone caprock, on the rims of the Grand Canyon, formed 270 million years ago. In contrast, the oldest rocks within the Inner Gorge at the bottom of Grand Canyon date to 1.84 billion years ago. Geologists currently set the age of Earth at 4.5 billion years.

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