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Published: January 30th 2013
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Recently this Blog Received contact fron the individual named in the Panel ie.., Gordon's Panel ( Link to Origional Post and images
http://www.travelblog.org/North-America/United-States/Arizona/blog-559539.html) thus his comments are posted below
1) Date: 29th April 2011
Ghost Bill, From Gordons panel to the South about 3 miles, there is cotton wood spring, with big cotton wood trees and water, acient mines, copper, 100 yrd about from the mines to the west are over hangs with painted ghosts on ceilings,not to spook you but if you camp there at night you will have a ghost visitor that throws rocks, very spooky indeed, have had to bail out of tents in the night for cover, this thing will also follow you in the day, dont take my word for it, at the trail head at Tuck up walk to the south just enough to look below the rim, the trees you see is cotton wood, I have in the past went straight to the east instead of down the trail, out to the Island and then went off the cliff in some breaks and then directly to the mines and then climbed straight up to the trail head, it can be done with lots of nerve, I did it before I got old, Kind Regards Gordon Smith, Of Gordons Panel. From Blog:
Gordon's Panel, also known as Shamans Gallery 2) Date: 2nd November 2011
The Facts HOW WAS SHAMANS’ PANEL DISCOVERED? (Source: Gordon Smith’s website) The panel was discovered in 1986 by Gordon Smith, a Grand Canyon mule wrangler and guide, in Tuckup Canyon, a side canyon north of the main gorge. Gordon photographed the panel and sent pictures to Dick Marks, the then acting Park Service superintendent. A few weeks later Gordon received a return letter questioning the provenance of the photographs and suggesting they were taken from an aboriginal site in Australia. Gordon then met with archeologist Jan Balsom and an assistant, showed them up to 100 different sites on top of the rim, and hiked them into the Panel. Four months later, he took Polly Schasma, a rock art specialist, and other park service personnel to the site at the behest of the Park Service. Using mules to pack in supplies, they stayed a week. April 1989 Arizona Highways magazine stated that this may be the most remarkable Rock Art panel discovered on the North American continent, and in fact the oldest prehistoric evidence of man in the Grand Canyon. They also stated that the paintings were made before the Giza pyramids were built. The Reason I made the web site Gordons Panel was the fact that the NPS tried to debunk me bringing this site out in the open in 86, I was told I would get the credit if I took them there, and they tried later to debunk what I found, Polly had no right to name this site, that burnt me,what people dont know is that there was also a documentry shot at the site and I have copys of that film, I was interviewed and the facts are in the interview on film, so these people trying to debunk who found this site best be very carefull, becausde I may see them in Court, Kind Regards Gordon Smith From Blog:
Gordon's Panel, also known as Shamans Gallery My Thanks to Gordon Smith
To provide directions to this site Gordon had created a map (
MaP)
the directions I acclumulated during the trip are as follows
GPS Coordinates to Panel : 36.3646 latitude, -112.89703 longitude
GPS Coordinates to Trail Head 36.33917 latitude, -112.92705 longitude
Foot Note: This is a very strenuous hike, the trail leads one along cliff ledge’s, into extreme heat(seasonally), traversing upper and lower elevations, the roads are very 4×4 only, Have good/great tires due to the jagged rocks along the entire road, prepare for the worst… this is not for children you will be without a phone signal, and no help within 100 miles. The trip included 8 hours of hiking strenuous hiking be prepared to relax the next day
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Gordon Smith
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Its a shame there are many Trolls on the internet, I refuse to feed them with any anger over there falsified remarks and utter ignorance and jealousy , Kind Regards Gordon Smith of Gordons Panel Grand Canyon , Your a good man Bill Ketler.