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Figure 15-1: Gothic Fall, 40-Mile Canyon40-Mile Canyon is one of the many side canyons of the Escalante River in Southern Utah, itself a tributary of the Colorado River. Midway down the dry, wide canyon, the trail suddenly drops via several switchbacks into a narrow cleft with running water. A waterfall, seemingly coming out of nowhere, feeds the lower canyon. I named it Gothic Fall because of the pointed arches enclosing the waterfall, reminding me of the Gothic arches of English cathedrals.

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