Show j Defiance Yet In Utah's Like a stone in a streambed I National Park In southeastern Utah stands solid in jn the midst of erosion of the American frontier A A. ACRE of spidery f canyons and walled steep steep gorges gorg gorg- es entrance to the nations nation's newest newest newest new new- est national A park ark is still off of limits to the the family sedan Instead In Instead Instead In- In stead of souvenir shops park ark visitors find ancient Indian ruins reached by arduous treks in wheel four-wheel drive vehicles pack animals animal's or boats Much of is still labeled unexplored by the US U.S. Park Service in including including including in- in the rugged Maze country country country coun coun- try near the confluence of the I Colorado and Green rivers But unofficial l as they might I be a handful of adventurers ha have ve probed the heart of the national na national national na- na I park making r rough 0 ugh charts as they went Close on their heels have come geographical geographical geographical geo geo- graphical names and official recognition from the US U.S. De DeI Department De- De Department of Interior I SUCH A PLACE Is Defiance I Canyon deep in the heart of The TheM M Maze which Monticello jeep tour operator Kent Frost named after exploring from end to end in 1963 The US U.S. Bureau of Names and Places agreed with Frosts Frost's proposed name for the six-mile six long gorge with foot walls Mr Frost said the sheer walls had defied all known earlier attempts to explore the gorge until he found a complicated way to climb down into it four years ago ON THAT first visit he recalled re- re re recalled called Defiance Canyon had the pure untouched look of a place no human had previously disturbed He later proved that untrue when he found re remnants of ancient Indian campgrounds But evidence against Its mod mod mod- ern-day ern exploration Frost re reported reported reported re- re ported was an unbroken crust of desert moss on the ground no large animal tracks or other telltale traces The only signs of life were birds birdsa a few rodents and lizards ALTHOUGH Frost still takes occasional park visitors out to see Defiance Canyon only a relative ve handful have ever had the inclination to climb down the sheer foot walls to ex- ex the n nations nation's a t ions ion's newest park was put under the federal system In 1964 The Maze section of the park Willbe willbe will willbe be preserved as a pure wilderness wilderness wilderness wilder wilder- ness area permitting visitors but no permanent man-made man fa fa- fa |