2012 River Trip Blog
Look at our trip blog! There are three pages.
Look at our trip blog! There are three pages.
by Tom Pamperin
Six months ago I had the good luck to meet Dave Mortenson, who has introduced me to an entire world of river …
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Hi all,
The launch is very near. Wednesday at about 11:00 am we start our 24 day – 280 mile trip down Colorado River through …
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We spend the day getting the boats all rigged. After a few days of snow and cold weather, we were all very happy to see …
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March 21
We’ve had an easy day for my introduction to Grand Canyon river running. After spending yesterday moving mountains of gear (dry bags, ammo …
Up before the sun, at 5:30. Not too many people stirring yet. A few birds chirping, the sky just
right enough to see …
Only a tiny part of the mountains of gear we had to load on five 18-foot rafts and five wooden boats. Yes, there are 16 …
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Note: Yesterday’s rigorous empirical testing confirms that you can immerse a flash drive in 47-degree water and it will still work.
It’s 6:22 …
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A fairly uneventful day completing our run through a series of 10 rapids called the Roaring Twenties, stretching from just past river mile …
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Just before 6:00 a.m. and it’s starting to get light. We’re camped at a place called Tatahatso, a small sandy beach tucked in …
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It seems wrong somehow, but apparently we have two-way communication of a sort, even here, deep in the Canyon. Leif Mortenson tells me …
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