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Show - - RIVER EXPEDITION E"CPEDITIOI ECPEDITIOI " ' . \ MOST 1\IOST 1 IOST EXPEDITIONMOST SUCCESSFUL EVER EVERWajne EV I Wavne Wane Wajne ) R McConkie McConkle of Moab Moabreturned Moabreturned Moalreturned returned Friday from Bouldei Bouldel dam dani daniwhere danwhere ' where \ here on August 3 he completed completedan completean : an expedition through the Colo Colorado Cob Cobrado Colorado rado nver rlver river canyon starting startmg at Leos Lees LeosFerr LeesFerr3 Le LeFerri Ferr Ferri Ferr3 ) and ending at Meid Me'1.d Me1.d Me1d Me'td Metd ' . ' Lake LakeMr LakeMr LakeMr Mr McConkie McConlie McConkle ' was 'was pilot of one of ofthe ofthe olthe the three boatsiuch boats \ which \\iuch iuch winch took tool 'I I ' . aparty t tparty themile the themile themile jarty party : of nine mne people through mile deep river gorge Nonran Noriran NonranNevills NoriranNesills NonranNevills Nevills Nesills of Mexican Me\.lcan Me.lcan Me .lcan lcan ' \ . Hat directed th the theecpedition theexpedition expedltlon ecpedition and piloted the lead leadboat leadboat leadboat boat Pr ston Walker managmg managing managmgeditor managingeditor managingeditor editor of the Grand Junction JunctionSentinel JunctionSentinel I ISentmel Sentmel Sentinel Sentmelas \ was \\as as \ the third pilotMr pilot pilotMr , ' l\ l \ lNev Mr Nev Nevills ls reported that thetrip the thetrip tnp trip . was v.as vas the most succe successful succesfu1 sful he hehad hehad hehad had ever led through the can canyon canyonThe canvonThe on onThe The running runnmg time1.S time \ wis \\1.S 1.S wit . the fastest fastestand fastestand fastestand and theleele theie thele \ weie \\ele ele wale practically no flu nosenous fluserious nuserious senous serious mishaps nushaps Nevills NeVllls Nevulbs announced announcedon on com- com completion comletlon - letlon of the trip that he hev heiU hewill v . III iU pilot another anotMr expeditionthrough expeditIOn expeditIOnthrough expeditionthrough through Cataract canvon ranlon can ) on in 0 < - Ox OLtob . tol tob > r this trip tnp to start at Moab .1oab 1oab .1oabMr MoabMr ' . MoabMr Mr McConkie McConlie MeConkie states that h he hethoroughly hethoroughly tl'oroughly tloroughly thoroughly ' enjoved enJoed enjoyed ) every minute of oftl1e oft'ie offie tl1e t'ie tie ' tr te p and had no senous seuous seuious troubc trouba troubp troub &ploHng ploHng c a & p lotlng Ioting his boat beat although his hisformer hisformer hisformer former river liver e'C eC experience everience ' erlence had been beenccnfmed beenccnfined beenconfined ccnfmed ccnfined lirgely hrgely to canoeing At Atonly Atonly Atonly only two tv.o tvo . points in m the canyon was wasIt wasIt wasit the boats boatsaround boatsaround boatsaround It nece necessary neee-sary neee sary < - sary to line around nrlds-1.t nrlds1.t nrlds 1.t 1t r'tgids-tt r'tgids rtgids tt rapids ' - - . it Hermit and Lava Lavatalk Lavafalls . fal falls The pal paitv paity ty \ was as ' irct It'et Itet iret at the thehead thehead thehead head of Mead lake by a motor motorboat motorboat motorboat boat boathlch \ which \\hlch hlch winch towed the three Nevillsbc'its Nevills NevillsOO1.t Nevillsboat OO1.t OO1t bc'its bcits . ' . > ; , through the 150 miles ot of otimpounded ofimpounded 01impounded impounded water to Boulder dam damthis damthis damthis this requiring reqUlring a dayend day and a . night mght |