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tanya · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 5813 Location: St. George, Utah

Kazak wrote: tanya wrote: I was a lot more respectful of the rapids after that! [/color]

:lol8: :nod: The second you lose respect for the river, IS the second you go under. The whitewater river is the most respected mother nature's force I have experienced so far.

Tanya, can't wait to read your full TR and look through 10,000 photos. I love your photos! Sounds like the trip went just like it was planned, Life threatening and adrenaline rushing :2thumbs:

Many of the men had turned over a few boats in their many years of doing the river. OC had only done it once, and that was on Lava. His heart was pounding all day as we approached it. The guys seemed to be into the adreneline rushing, but I enjoyed the dead water places where we just strolled through the water and enjoyed the canyon, the river and the company. We are going to write up an article for the St. George Today magazine about the trip. I think for the May issue.

Iceaxe · Joined: 07 Mar 2005 Posts: 7759 Location: Local Bordello

Welcome back.... We missed ya :2thumbs:

Nice photo's, I look forward to hearing and seeing more. :nod:

tanya · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 5813 Location: St. George, Utah

Iceaxe wrote: Welcome back.... We missed ya :2thumbs:

Nice photo's, I look forward to hearing and seeing more. :nod:

Thanks Shane :nod:

As I trudged out of the canyon.... up that long hot trail.... I was thinking... forget hiking... boating is the way to go. :lol8:

accadacca · Joined: 02 Dec 2004 Posts: 7697 Location: On Your Screen

WOW what an EPIC trip. :hail2thechief:

And welcome back...when do we get to see the pictures of you? :naughty:

Sombeech · Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 12204 Location: The Rubbish Bin

tanya wrote: I must have 800 to 1000 photos from that 2 week trip.

Nice. We need some kind of "mass upload" program here. We'd love to see the rest of them.

tanya · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 5813 Location: St. George, Utah

Most are just lazy days on the river. I only sat out one rapid to get photos of our group. I do have a few of people I don't know though. I will post some more when I get a chance to go through them. Most cameras on the trip were ruined. I was happy all my stuff made it though!

Sombeech · Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 12204 Location: The Rubbish Bin

tanya wrote: Most cameras on the trip were ruined.

Really? Not enough precautions were taken?

tanya · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 5813 Location: St. George, Utah

Sombeech wrote: tanya wrote: Most cameras on the trip were ruined.

Really? Not enough precautions were taken?

Jack says it's the silt that gets to them. Most of our trip we had gorgeous green water, but once the silt hit the river and it turned brown it was hard to get off our hands. It's just plain sandy out there!

gonzo · Joined: 07 Feb 2007 Posts: 788

I just started reading The Very Hard Way, a biography about Bert Loper (an old time Colorado River boatsman), and now I'm itching to go run some rivers. Do you know if his "Grand Canyon" boat is still down near Mile 24 1/2 Rapid?

Sombeech · Joined: 09 Dec 2004 Posts: 12204 Location: The Rubbish Bin

tanya wrote: but once the silt hit the river and it turned brown

don't you mean "silt hit the fan"? :haha:

Well, that sucks. Is it permanent damage to the cameras?

tanya · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 5813 Location: St. George, Utah

kris247 wrote: I just started reading The Very Hard Way, a biography about Bert Loper (an old time Colorado River boatsman), and now I'm itching to go run some rivers. Do you know if his "Grand Canyon" boat is still down near Mile 24 1/2 Rapid?

There was a metal boat up on the rocks at one camp/rapid, but we joined the trip at Phantom Ranch which I think is below that.

tanya · Joined: 18 Oct 2005 Posts: 5813 Location: St. George, Utah

Sombeech wrote: tanya wrote: but once the silt hit the river and it turned brown

don't you mean "silt hit the fan"? :haha:

Well, that sucks. Is it permanent damage to the cameras?

They don't know. They are still out on the river. If they have some good shots though, they will send them to me. Bo took a lot of hiking photos along the trip and I took mostly river shots.

dillweed · Joined: 11 Mar 2007 Posts: 42 Location: SLC

kris247 wrote: Do you know if his "Grand Canyon" boat is still down near Mile 24 1/2 Rapid?

A recent radio show I heard said that it was still there.

Bo_Beck · Joined: 02 Dec 2005 Posts: 819 Location: Southern Utah

tanya wrote: kris247 wrote: I just started reading The Very Hard Way, a biography about Bert Loper (an old time Colorado River boatsman), and now I'm itching to go run some rivers. Do you know if his "Grand Canyon" boat is still down near Mile 24 1/2 Rapid?

There was a metal boat up on the rocks at one camp/rapid, but we joined the trip at Phantom Ranch which I think is below that.

That was across the river from Shinumo at Bass Camp. It was abandoned back in the 30's according to Monty? I forget the name of the pioneers that built and abandoned the Boat, but it was built similarly in design to those used by Powell? Looked more to me like "The Monitor" :haha:

savanna3313 · Posted: Thu Mar 22, 2007 7:19 pm Post subject:

Welcome back girl! :five: Your photos are awesome - as usual. Sounds like you've been in your element for the last 2 weeks - scenic, spectacular beauty and surrounded by men. :2thumbs: