Crazy Horse Memorial - Highlight of the trip

After our Jewel Cave tour we drove to the Crazy Horse Memorial. I was perplexed as to how this carving could be going on for so long but seem to have made so little progress. All I can say is you have to visit and watch the video for yourself. This is an amazing site. In addition the sculptor who started it was a phenomenal talent. There are other examples of his work at the site and they rival anything you see in Italy or Greece. Why he is not more famous is a mystery to me. For me this site outshone everything else we saw on the trip.

From a distance.


A little closer. I think the white lines are to guide the blasters who dynamite the rock off.




Here is the sculpture superimposed on the mountain. In the video they compare the size of the Mount Rushmore carving. All 4 faces fit in the space of Crazy Horse's hair. They also show the original mountain. There has been alot of rock removed. More than you would think just looking at it. The original mountain extends well above the arm (even over the top of the head) and well beyond the horse's head.

This is what the sculpture is meant to look like when finished.



This is the model on display at the visitor center.