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title: "Black Canyon, straight down"
date: "2025-09-16"
location: "Black Canyon of the Gunnison"
country: "United States"
lat: 38.5754
lng: -107.7416
photos: 2
weather: true
weatherData: { tempMin: 12.7, tempMax: 27.1, code: 51, precipitation: 0.1, windMax: 19.8, source: "open-meteo", recordedAt: "2026-09-06T08:32:19.521Z" }
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Narrow enough that parts of the floor get half an hour of direct sun a day, which is why it is called what it is called.

You stand at a railing and look six hundred metres down at a river you cannot hear.