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Second, revised edition: This guide is primarily for boaters interested in soloing the Grand Canyon, but its principles apply to all solo whitewater boating, including rafting, kayaking, and canoeing. Only a small fraction of Grand Canyon boaters ever contemplates or actually attempts a solo trip and, unfortunately, there has been no river guide specifically about this endeavor. The Colorado River through Grand Canyon sports world class water, incredible scenery, wonderful (or frightening) isolation, and unique challenges for the solo boater. This guide is designed to assist boaters in preparing for this incredible undertaking. Topics covered include Self-Rescue Rescue Gear and Knowledge Redundancy of gear and supplies Solo Boating Tactics General Preparedness Camping, Cooking, and Packing Each of these topics, and others, address issues specific to whitewater soloing. This river guide for soloists fills an important need.
Guidebook for whitewater boating on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon
The author describes her experiences rafting down the Colorado River and through the Grand Canyon
The epic story of the fastest boat ride in history, on a hand-built dory named the "Emerald Mile," through the heart of the Grand Canyon on the Colorado river.
The temperature is over 100. The rapids are some of the largest in North America. Water levels are rising. And JT Maroney, veteran river guide, is leading his 125th trip down the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon. For the next two weeks, his 13 passengers – strangers, mostly – will paddle, row, swim, ride the rapids, eat gourmet meals, sleep under the stars, and learn a lot about geology. They’ll learn a lot about each other, too – perhaps more than they want to know. Allegiances form, and likewise dissolve, in the course of an afternoon. JT’s decision on the first day to adopt a stray dog further complicates the group dynamics, leading to a series of fateful mishaps, one of which will alter the course of many lives.
In 1973, Marilyn Sayre gave up her job as a computer programmer and became the first woman in twenty years to run a commercial boat through the Grand Canyon. Georgie White had been the first, back in the 1950s, but it took time before other women broke into guiding passengers down the Colorado River. This book profiles eleven of the first full-season Grand Canyon boatwomen, weaving together their various experiences in their own words. Breaking Into the Current is a story of romance between women and a place. Each woman tells a part of every Canyon boatwoman's story: when Marilyn Sayre talks about leaving the Canyon, when Ellen Tibbets speaks of crew camaraderie, or when Martha Clark recalls the thrill of white water, each tells how all were involved in the same romance. All the boatwomen have stories to tell of how they first came to the Canyon and why they stayed. Some speak of how they balanced their passion for being in the Canyon against the frustration of working in a traditionally male-oriented occupation, where today women account for about fifteen percent of the Canyon's commercial river guides. As river guides in love with the Canyon and their work, these women have followed their hearts. "I've done a lot," says Becca Lawton, "but there's been nothing like holding those oars in my hands and putting my boat exactly where I wanted it. Nothing."
A technical canyoneering guidebook to the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River in Arizona by Todd Martin. 2nd Edition, slightly revised from the first.
A collection of fun, insightful, and inspiring verse about one of the most exciting adventures possible - whitewater trips on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. Long time rafting guide and instructor Bruce Cline, a veteran of twelve non-commercial trips through the Grand Canyon, including ten solos, offers readers a seat-of-the-pants perspective on the exhilarating, sometimes frightening, always challenging, and thoroughly enjoyable adventure of tackling and surviving world class whitewater in a majestically beautiful and often challenging environment. The poems in this first of several volumes will surely pique the interest of the curious, provide insights into the experience of negotiating sometimes treacherous rapids, underscore the uniqueness of this amazing wilderness, and affirm the memories of veteran boaters.
A collection of fun, insightful, and inspiring verse about one of the most exciting adventures possible - whitewater trips on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. Long time rafting guide and instructor Bruce Cline, a veteran of twelve non-commercial trips through the Grand Canyon, including ten solos, offers readers a seat-of-the-pants perspective on the exhilarating, sometimes frightening, always challenging, and thoroughly enjoyable adventure of tackling and surviving world class whitewater in a majestically beautiful and often challenging environment. The poems in this first of several volumes will surely pique the interest of the curious, provide insights into the experience of negotiating sometimes treacherous rapids, underscore the uniqueness of this amazing wilderness, and affirm the memories of veteran boaters.