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Show Capsized Rubber Boat Adds Thrill to Trip Down Green River Ralph Child, Springville contractor, contrac-tor, might have had a narrow escape, es-cape, but he is ready to try his luck again down the rushing Green River. He was with a group of men from Salt Lake City and Provo on a trip guided by Roy Despain, veteran vet-eran river runner, when their rubber rub-ber boat capsized throwing all seven men into the deep foaming water. Ralph, an expert swimmer, and Max Smith of Salt Lake City, swam to shore, while the other five men clung onto the raft until they got it under control. After the boat was uprighted, they pro-ceded pro-ceded down the river to park head- quarters at Jensen. There the party alerted the National Na-tional Park Service authorities of the acicdent and a park service light aircraft located the two men up-stream. Bus Hatch, another river man, who conducts tours on the stream, came down the river in a small boat and picked up the stranded men, who had then been along the waters about four hours. Other members of the party included in-cluded Bob Parker of Salt Lake City, formerly of Springville; Bob Arnold and Dick Reed of Salt Lake City and Max Andrews of Provo. Commenting on the trip this week, Ralph said the accident was "just one of those things." The boat, tossed by a sudden wind or water current, struck a large projecting pro-jecting rock at just the right angle to upset it. The water is now reported re-ported at its highest and the huge rock, a well-known marker along the water route, was almost covered. cov-ered. Aside from loosing his wallet and its contents including some valuable papers, Ralph suffered no ill effects from his experience. He retrived his comera in a waterproof water-proof case several miles down the stream. The scenery he described as very beautiful, but the river, he states, at this particular time is just a little bit dangerous. |