Cataract Canyon river trip, September 1972

File — Box: 1, Folder: 2

Staff Only

Scope and Contents

[note: captions in this folder are from article pages]
1: "Every morning at dawn the chow hounds sipped coffee and watched Bosco and Russ prepare breakfasts of eggs, bacon, potatos and pancakes." {**}
2: "After breakfast everyone helps load the boats, which are then covered with tarpaulin and securely lashed down with ropes in preparation for day's adventure." {**}
3: Deftly using his 20-horse-power Mercury outboard, Bosco maneuvers his boat through one of the lesser rapids. Life jackets are worn at all times." {**}
4: " second after author took this photograph the wave in the foreground, which look small, completely engulfed the boat as Russ swung it aroudn the boulder behind the wave." {**}
5: "Formations such as this make the trip a geologist's delight since it is a 'journey back through geological time.'" {**}
6: "Author examines carving on rock made by C.W. Wright [Best Expedition] in 1891 after one of his boats was wrecked. There are several such tragic signs along the rapids made by others." {**}
7: "This is not the way to run the river. This raft of empty cans was found below one rapid. No one in author's party knew how it got there." {**}
8: "This is the way to run the rapids and come out safely. Headed for Hite Marina and the end of the journey, the adventurers relax as boats travel over the calm waters of Lake Powell." {**}
9: Advertisement for Hatch River Expeditions. {**}

Dates

September 1972

Conditions Governing Access

Twenty-four hour advanced notice encouraged. Materials must be used on-site. Access to parts of this collection may be restricted under provisions of state or federal law.