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Show I INDIANA YOUTH "SHOOTS SHOOTS "SnOOTS SnOOTS " " I IweSTWATER WCSTWATER weSTWATER CANYON RAPIDS"Shooting RAPIDS RAPIDS"Shooting "Shooting Shooting "Shootmg Shootmg " " o of the Westwatcr Vestwatcr Westwater can- can canI canyon canyon can canyon - I I I"Shootmg yon rapids raplds of the Colorado C01orado rl\ rl rler riser n\cra n cra \ er , a feat fcat that t11"t t11t . " had previously prc\lously prc lously prcviously \ been beenaccomplished beenaccomplished I accomphshed accomplished accomphshedonly accomplishedonly only by the Iolb Kolb { Kolbbrothers Iolbbrothcrs brothcrs brothers , famous famou5 river boatmen boatmenwas , was wa bHarold byHarold . accomplished accomphshed last week by b > Harold Leich Lelch , an EanSVlllc E ' , ansvillc ansville , , In- In IndIana Indiana In Indiana - diana , 3 } 0iing oung min m\n m n ' \ Mr lUr lh ' , I leichreached clch etch clchreached etchreached reached Moab Friday Frld"y Frldy " following follo\mg follo mg , \ hIs hIspertlous hisperilous hisperilous pertlous perilous voyage down donn the Colorado Coloradoand , a.nd and . dlyshere d"1yshere dryshere after spending spendmg several d"1ys d1ys drys " here repairing repuI'mg repuImg : ' his boat , . he hopped hoppedoff hoppedoff hoppedoff Catanctsfive off yesterday estercL\y estercL y ' \ for the Catar"cts Catarcts Cataracts " , fIve miles mlles nules below the confluence of ofthe ofthe oftlie the Colorado and Green river rlver rivers riversAfter < ; * ; After viewing vlcWIng the Cataracts , he WIll WIllreturn willreturn willreturn return upstream , either commg coming back coiningback commgback comingback to Moab or going gomg up the theGreen theGreen theGreen Green jto o Grcenriver Grcenrlver Greenriver . , He started startedIlL startedhis startedIILS IlL his ' ; boat voyage at Grand lake , at atthe atthe atthe the head bead of the ColoradoHIS ColoradoHis Colorado , His boat is a wooden scow , 13 13fed 13feet 13feet fed feet long , 40 inches lDches wide and 21inches 21 21Inches 21inches Inches deep , and is decked dccked over at atthe atthe atthe the ends The bottom tapers taper < ; at atfront atfront atfront front and rear , which t\hich t hich tthich \ enables it to tonde tovide tonde nde vide over waves and riffles . , Mr IUr . Leich was warned at West West- Westwater Westwater Westwatcr - watcr water not to attempt to shoot the therapids therapids therapids rapids below that town , but he de- de dedecided dedecided de-decided de decided - - decided to ha\ ha hae hate \ e a look at them , any any- anyway anyway anyway - way . The swift current pulled hIm hImdown himdown himdown down the canyon so fast that tbat be- be before before be before - fore he knew it he was dU"ectly dUectly directly dU"ectlyabove directlyabove directlyabove " above the cataracts , and the cur- cur current current cur current - rent " was "as as too swift smft to return up- up upstream upstream up upstream - stream . Ho He Ha negotiated the rapIds rapidsm m good shape , thanks to the sturdy sturdyconstruction sturdyconstruction sturdyconstruction construction of his craft . He states statesthat statesthat statesthat that those seeking thrills thnlls can sure sure- surely surely surely - ly obtain them by navigating navigatmg West- West Westwater Westwater Wcst-water Wcst water - water canyonSo canyonSo canyon canyonSo So far as is known , only the theKclb theKolb theKolb Kclb Kolb brothers , who gained gamed fame famethrough famethrough famethrough through their thell " navigation of the theGrand theGrand theGrand Grand Canyon , previously hadtaken hadtaken had hadtaken taken a boat through 'Vestnater Vestnater Westtsater Westtsatercanyon Westwatcrcan 'Vestnatercan ' can canyon } on |