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Show ' lNeviIIs Nevills Publicizedas Publicized as No No"FastWater No1 NoI I ' 1 "Fast-Water "Fast Fast Water " " - Mantl Man The world s No 1 fast water waterman waterman waterman man is Norman Nevills Nevails of Mex MexIcan Mexican Mexican Ican Hat Utah according accordmg to Ne I iVI M Clark author of Fast Water WaterMan WaterlIan l\Ian l Ian Man \ 18)Saturday 18Saturday in m this week weeks s ( May 18) 18 ) Saturday Evening Evenmg Post NevIlls NevIllsqualified Nevillsqualified Nevillsqualified qualified for this d stmction stinction be becau because because cau cause e since smce 1937 he has been itakmg beenI beenitakmg beentaking taking passengers down the thehem theihem ihem hem sphere s most dangerous dangerou n ri nIvers rivers nvers Ivers vers the Colorado and the San SanJuan thathave Juan and ' shooting s'hootmg shootmg rapids that have destroyed probably n ne tenths netenths of all who ever tried to topass topass topass pass through them Mr Clark Clarksays Clarksays darksays darksaysNevills says saysNevIUs saysNevills Nevills NevIUs can t do business busmess wIth wIthI1surance withinsurance withinsurance I1surance insurance ! companies compames Mr Clark Clarkwrites Clarkwrites , wntes writes Yet his ' safety record IS isremarkable isremarkable remarkable He ha never lost a boat aboat or a passenger or had any bodv body anybody anybodv seriously serJOusly hurt He has tak taken taken taken en GrandCanyon 24 people through the Grand Canyon allthose more than halfof half ofalii ofall of alii all those who have run the Colorado Coloradoand Coloradoand downthe dovnthe and lived hved and nearly 200 ColoradoI do\vn do vn down \ I the rough and tumble San Juan He JuanHe understands understand fast water waterI waterand waterand JuanI I and nd respects it Brawn he I Knows Irnows kn ws won wont t beat it A lJght light lightweight lightweight ' lJght'I 'I I I Ikn weIght lessthan himself weighing welghmg less , than 140 pounds he has seen seenenough seenenough enough seenlenough fast water to know seenl It itcan itcan Ican ItIcan can smash bullheaded muscIe muscle muscIeany muscleany muscleany bebeaten any time it likes But it Jt can be beaten and his weapons are areequipment areequipment areequipment equipment learned skills a re reactIon reaction reaction actIon time like lJke lightning hghtnmg and knowledge andknowledge of the ways of wa va ter water vater waterI terlIr terMr I \ Mr l\Ir l Ir dark Clark reports that for a aman aroan aman man roan who likes hkes it wet Mr Nev NevIlls Nevills Nevills [ Ills liveMexican hveMexican chose a dry spot to hve live thedesert Mexican Hat he says is in the desert 167 miles from the near nearest nearest ' est railroad station stahon at Dolores DoloresIColo IColo . MoabUtah Cob Coband DoloresColo DoloresCob and his bank is at DoloresI Moab I .est est Utah a third of the way across the acrosslthe acrossthe stateMr state acrossl , Mr Nevills became a riverman rIver rIverman riverman man becau because e he tired hred of being bemg an anoil anoil | oJ oil anioJ ! driller according accordmg to the Post Postarticle Postarticle Postarticle ani MexicanHat MeIcanHat article He had come to MeIcan Mexican ' ! : ] Hat whenhe with his father and when , he gave up drilling dnllmg decided to tostay tostay tostay stay exploreThe in m the country to explore gavelhim The Geological Survey gave hIm gavehIm abread a bread /bread / and butter job lob of ofgaugmg ofgauging ofgauging Ican MeXIIcan gaugmg gauging the river flver flow at MeXI Mexican Mexican can Hat Mr dark Clark writes But Butirunnmg Butrunning Butrunning irunnmg running the river seemed the thebig thebig thebig 'er er ev'er ' , big opportunity opportumt opportunit ) Nobody had ev ever ever er made a commercial success successtakmg successtaking successtaking takmg taking people down ItWIth itWith it itWith With three passengers from fromStanford fromStanford fromStanford Stanford university eager to take takecolor takecolor takecolor color pictures nictures along the San SanJuan SanJuan SanJuan Juan Mr Nevills made his first firsttrIp firsttrap firsttrip trIp trap in a boat resembling resemblmg a horse horsetrough horsetrough horsetrough trough Getting through thatl that he be"an bean bec1an " plan plannmg planning planmng nmg ning for safety Mr Clark re relates relates relatesNorman . lates latesI I latesNorman Norman s safety safet3 safet rules are arefew arefew arefew few but fervent according accordmg to toMr toMr toMr Mr dark Clark One is never to go gomto gointo gointo mto into anything anythmg without knowmg knowing knowmgwhat knowingwhat knowingwhat what s ahead stop look hsten listen hstenAnother listenAnother listenAnother Another is make a plan and fol follow follow follow low it He never 1 luns iuns uns a rapIds rapIdswIth rapidswith rapidswith wIth passengers m in the boat ifhe If Ifhe ifhe he thinks thmks there s any risk Face Faceyour Faceyour Faceyour your danger is another rule ruleHe ruleHe , He s always looking lookmg down downstream downstream , stream He won von t have bnl bril brilliant bnlliant I Ihant hant liant boatmen They get out of oftrouble oftrouble ' trouble he sa } a that a smart smartboatman smartboatman smartboatman ofI I boatman doesn t get into mto |