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Show PARTY SUCCESSFUL SUCCESSFULIN IN FIRST PART OF or TRIPThe TRIP TRIPThe The parti part party of four men and two twowomen women who left Greennver Greenrnver June 20 on a boat trip down dO\\l1 dO l1 \ the Green Greenand and Colorado nvers rivers their destination destma destina destmabon destination bon tion being Boulder dam successfully success successfully successfully fully negotiated the first halt half of the thetriP thetrip thetrip triP arriving arrivmg at Lees Ferry July JuIy 8 8accordmg 8according 8according accordmg according to Don Harris of the theUnited theUnited theUnited United States geological geologlcal survey a . amember amember member ot of the party who was in inMoab inMoab inMoab Moab Saturday Mr Harrisas Harris \\as as was wascompelled ' \ wascompelled ascompelled compelled , to leave le'lVc lelVc ' the party at atLee atLee atLees Lee s Ferry and came by car from fromthat fromthat fromthat Hat Hatto Hatto Hatto that point by ' way \ ay of Mexican to Moab He left Moab early Sunday sun sunday Sunday day morning mornmg tor for Greenriver v.here vhere where v.herehe wherehe . wherehe he had left his carMr carMr car carMr Mr Harris stated that the tllP trip tllPdown tripdown tupdown down the Coloiado Cololado Colorado as far as Lec Lees LeesFerry LeesFerry s sFerry seriOUS seriousmishap seriousmishap made without \ was \\as as Ferry Ferryas nushap mishap although one boat capsized capsizedand capsizedand capsizedand com compelled compelled corni occupants were and its two t\\O t O \ polled pelled to swim to safety NorniariNevins Norman Norniari NormanNevills NormanNevills Nevills Nevins leader of the expedition expeditionused expeditionused expeditionused negotlating negotiat negottat negotiatIng negottating used . every precaution in Ing the rapids and the three boatswere boats boatsv boatswere lined down the most dangeroUs dangeroUsplaces dangerousv dangerousplaces v . were ere places On three occasions dangerousin the places placesthe boats boatsv boatswere inplaces placesere v . v ere portagedearoundlb portaged earoundlb around bad d places 111the in 111 inMr the river riverMr ' riverMr Mr Harns Harn Harris stated that in his hisopinion hisopinion hisopinion opinion the party would wouId be able to tocomplete tocomplete tocomplete complete its journey to Boulderdam Boulderdam Boulder BoulderrfoTYI dam rfoTYI |