Antelope Canyon Flash Flood Remembered
in an effort to compile dramatic canyoneering stories i thought i'd post this one from 5 years ago, a reflection on the flash flood that occured 10 years ago, this coming august, when 11 people died in a slot in antelope canyon, AZ. if you've heard Quintana speak about this on television it's gripping ... Quintana was the guide and, miraculously, the only survivor. one day he wishes to create a movie reenactment of the event to educate others about the power and reality of flash floods in slot canyons.
Remembering the flood
By Seth Muller Lake Powell Chronicle
Aug 22 2002
[b][i][color=darkblue]Following surgery for his hand, 22-year-old Anders Wassenius lived
with a titanium pin in his thumb.
Crew members working to recover his body thought they could find his
before the others using a metal detector, knowing that pin would set
it off.
But, five years later, Wassenius's body remains one of the two
unfound after the Aug. 12, 1997 flash flood in lower Antelope Canyon,
which drowned 11 visitors and became what most residents consider the
worst event in the area's history.
Five years to the day, Coconino County Deputy Lt. Ron Anderson, who
coordinated the recovery efforts, paid a visit to the tourist
attraction, located a few miles east of Page.
There, tour operators Ken and Emily Young greeted him with smiles and
handshakes.
Anderson's work on the Antelope flood