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page. So let's do the rapids thing and get it over with. Because
the Green River was low and there were few medium to big rapids.
Only two were of medium intensity. Here the dory enters the hole. |
And out of the hole. That's all
there is to it. Hitting the bottom was the big worry. |
The brave oarsman guiding our fragile
wooden dory through the rapids. |
This rapid was on the Colorado
a few miles below the confluence of the Green and Colorado rivers.
It was also the last rapid before the river meets Powel Reservoir.
It was dangerous only because the river was very low and finding
a route through the rocks was difficult. In a normal rain year many
of the rocks you see would not be visible. |
Harry using one of the two-person
inflatable kayaks. We were very close to the river edge and the
rocks. Notice the leaves on the left. next
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