Adieu Wall Arch
Ron
Last week, the night of Aug 4 2008, Wall Arch in Arches National Park collapsed. The middle of the arch just collapsed under its own weight. Wall Arch, located along the popular Devils Garden Trail, was 71 feet tall and 33 1/2 feet wide, ranking it 12th in size among the known arches inside the park. This wasn’t an unexpected occurrence, arches have collapsed in the past and eventually all the arches of the American southwest will succumb to erosion and gravity. In the summer of 2007 I visited southeast Utah and Arches National Park, as a photographer it was one of the most exciting trips I had ever taken but unfortunately halfway through our two week stay in Moab I fell off my mountain bike and did a number on my knee. Consequently I never made the hike out to Wall Arch and never photographed it. I did however get a picture of nearby Pine Arch. You can see more of my Arches National Park photos on my web site Boreal Photography.
Hope you all are having a great summer.
Posted on: Friday, August 15, 2008 at 7:41 am 
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