In 1889 silver and gold was discovered in the Mogollon Mountains above Whitewater Canyon, just outside of Glenwood, New Mexico. Several mines were developed, and ore was hauled in wagons to a mill at the mouth of the Canyon. Water to operate the electric generators came from a pipeline reaching up into the Canyon. Only small indications of this remain
Currently there is a mile long trail that leads up to the water source of the canyon. This is accessible like nothing he has ever seen before by a suspended catwalk that connects the great gaps of rock. The combination of awe between what time and nature has created, and how man has engineered his way through it is truly more impressive than he would have thought if left in a guidebook, inexperienced.
Although a son and brother to strong engineering minds, he still has always been drawn away from the path and laid steps and onto the soil and rock. However this hike shattered the myth that man cannot interact artfully and competently with the timeless brush of the natural world.
