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The River Runner's Guide to the History of the Grand Canyon
Kim Crumbo
Johnson Books: Boulder
title
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A River Runner's Guide to the History of the Grand Canyon
author
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Crumbo, Kim.; French, Llyn.
publisher
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Johnson Books
isbn10 | asin
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0933472617
print isbn13
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9780933472617
ebook isbn13
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9780585024967
language
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English
subject
Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--History, Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Guidebooks, Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Guidebooks, Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--Guidebooks.
publication date
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1981
lcc
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GV780.C78 1981eb
ddc
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917.88/1
subject
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Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--History, Rafting (Sports)--Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Guidebooks, Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)--Guidebooks, Grand Canyon (Ariz.)--Guidebooks.
In memory of Lois Brooks Webster
Copyright 1994 by Kim Crumbo Fourth Printing 1994 ISBN 0-933472-61-7 Library of Congress Catalog Card No.: 81-84310
Cover design by Margaret Donharl Maps by Llyn French Illustration on page 16 by Mesia Simonds Photographs courtesy of Grand Canyon National Park Study Collection
Printed in the United States of America by Johnson Printing Company 1880 South 57th Court Boulder, Colorado 80301
Foreword
Mr. Kim Crumbo has put together a handy little book here, one which will serve nicely as a companion and supplement to Buzz Belknap's Grand Canyon River Guide. Crumbo's book goes more into details of the history of river-running in Grand Canyon, with much information not heretofore available in one compact edition. Both books should be a standard part of the Grand Canyon river-runner's ammo box library.
I have read Belknap's book over and over again, as an easy way of partly reliving the Canyon river trip; Crumbo's book will no doubt come to provide a similar pleasure for many river-trippers of the future. Everything in it is immensely interesting to all who participate in a Canyon voyage, probably because, being human, we find the natural scene too strange and overwhelming to be fully comprehended and enjoyed for its own sake alone.
We seek the human touch here and there. The ruins of a cabin, the traces of a foot path, the wreckage of an old boat, the ancient artifacts and rock art of the aboriginal explorers lend an extra dimension to our enjoyment, giving us details we can understand within a scale we can grasp. Our sympathy with these evidences of human history makes the natural history beyond and beneath it seem all the more grand, vast, mysterious and beautiful. Something
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most of our scenic photographers and painters fail to understand, for example, is that a lone human figure in the foreground, or even an animal with human associations such as a horse, or a dead cow, or a mummified tourist stranded on a ledge, sets off the background by dramatic contrast, enhancing as a whole the sublime wonder of the Canyon landscape.
Certain human touches, on the other hand, do not help. The prevalence of airplanes and helicopters in and above the Grand Canyon is a distracting, irritating nuisance which should no longer be tolerated by anybody.
Meanwhilethe great Canyon endures. The Canyon endures the trifling busyness of humans as it does the industry of ants, the trickle-down erosion of snow and freeze, the cascade of floods, the transient insult of Glen Canyon Dam. These things shall pass, the Canyon will outlive them all. The grandeur of the Canyon confers dignity on every form of life within its walls, even down unto the meanest and the most petty. It is an honor to be a visitor in the Grand Canyon of the Colorado, as it is an honor and a privilege to be alive, however briefly, on this marvelous planet we call Earth.
Long live the wilderness!
Edward Abbey Wolf Hole, Arizona
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Introduction
The Colorado River is renowned for its whitewater, as it should be. Rapids are important, everyone tells me. They get us wet, frighten us a little or a lot, and occasionally humiliate us. Rapids give us stories to tell and embellish. God bless them.
But the River is more than rapids. The River is magic. It swirls and flows to carry our boat or hearts where we may or may not wish to go. The River is silence interrupted by obvious cataracts or unseen currents suddenly boiling to the surface. It is the peaceful morning breeze or a howling wind. The River is merely our response to the magic of water flowing through the most beautiful place on earth.
The following text recounts a sampling of humanity's encounter with the wild Colorado River. Following the River's chronology, events are tied to places in a mile-by-mile sequence for reference. The text is keyed to the maps that follow. Miles below Lee's Ferry are marked on the maps and in the margin of the text. This guidebook is offered with the hope that an awareness of the words, emotions, and actions of earlier canyon folks will enhance your Grand Canyon experience.
I could not have completed this guidebook without the encouragement and assistance of many good people. Thank you Randy Stutman, Curt Sauer, Bob
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Euler, P. T. Reilly, George Billingsly, and Jan Balsom for your guidance, patience, and information. A special thanks to Ken Sleight who brought me to the Canyon and left me there, and Stu Reeder whose advice and example helped me survive those first few years. And thanks, Ed, wherever you are. Someday, somehow Grand Canyon will again mean clear skies, natural quiet, wild rivers, and wolves on the rim.
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