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' his h1s canitui-oo canitui oo . * cam cansss-coi4esec cansss coi4esec canssscoi4eseckayak $ ( - iw kayak kayalc kayak here Sunday In which he hetra hi hitraversed htraver traversed tra versed ed the Green and Ooloradriver Oolora.do Oolorado Coloradi Oolora.dorl Coloradirivers . o rl rivers vers * from here to Lee sPerry sPerryAriz a FerriAriz Ferry FerryAriz f Ariz c F P Mann Zfl-year-old Zfl year old 29-year-old 29 - - York YorkPa YortPa I IPa Pa upthe river adventurer summed summ d up u uthe uthe ] the hIthUthta hlghUght8 highlights of his hl trip as fol- fol follows fol follows - . lows lowsDrying Drylnr Drying out tobacco In a frylnipan frying frylnI fryingpan frylnIoan pan oan flihtlni fighting for his Ute Ufe life under a aledge s sledge iledffe ledge held there by water untU tmU untUI untUhis tmUhis unUhl his breath waa was xlvinc giving out battllni battling battlingroaring battl1n battl1nroaring I roarlnr roaring rock-hidlnr rock hidlnr rock-'h1d1ng 'h1d1ng h1d1ng rock-Otiding Otiding - - ' - ! wWtera WlBJters Walters wl-ljl wl ljl wi11i wlljlood with with4000 wi11iload - ! -4000 4000 load - ood alao aIm also xhausted exhausted aed dm s1n suniP ( ' nr ng t thimself to te tehimself < I Ihimself I himself to keep his moral morale * upcanoyn upcanoyns up canoyna canoyn canoyns . ' ! and gone gorges * seeminK seeming as ai aiendless ai ! endles endless * tombs uessinx guess1ng guessing ( at wha what what whatI whatwas whatwas ' was wa < ahead around a turn by thi the the thesound thesound I sound of the t.he . water and marvellni marvelIng marveIin marvelInglat marveIinat at the teeming wild wlld Uf Ufe and th thlatural the the1atural thiatural < lat latural 1atural iatural cenery scenery sceneryThe sceneryThe The entrance to the th Mamlm F"1am1.nr F1am1.nr F1am1nr FIamjn " . F"1am1.nrhe FIamjnGorge ' Oorf Gorge he deacr1bed described d cribed aa as a * the most mostlbeautlful mostbeautiful mosi lbeautlful beautiful sight lhfc ( he had ever seen een . . Oucka Duclts iDuclts Ducks i feese geese beaver beaveg deer coyotci coyotes coyotes'Se 1e 'Se Se ' ' e aaw saw tn in treat great . . number numbers * on thelpper theIpper the ipper lpper end of hia his jodmey-and jodmey and Joiirney-.azid Joiirney.azid Joiirney .azid azid Jodrney - - . and butUtUe butlittle but UtUe little Ittle wild life on the th lower endllrst end Hnt llrst : ' t DucUn Duck1n Ducking DuckingHis & ' { His first duckln ducking ( wax was th the OIKwhich one onewhich onewhich which came nearest n ar st to t.ii tii . costinf costing hin him himhis himhis : \ his il * We life llf he said A short . dtstanc distance distanceinside distanceinside < > inside n ld the deep Ladore canyonhis canyonisis canyon his isis Uny tiny 35 pound rubber nibber and canVBS canvas can- can canvas - - ' vas VBS boat and Its load 108 icec 1 < was wa.s . suckeo suckec suckecigalnst suckeo3.gBlnst uckeciralnst ' 3.gBlnst 3gBlnst igalnst . a ledi led ledge and overturned overturnEfd overturn1 overturnEfdUnprepared overturn1Unprepared * Unprepared for the axsault assault , , he hewas hewas h hwas < ( was thrown Into the water and andhis andhis anc his pistol was flpllled lIp111ed spilled overboard overboard'lnd overboardmd overboanand 'lnd lnd md ' lost The light craft wajwhirled was waswhirled waswhirled whirled on through the currentbut current currentbut currentbut but he was tucked sucked In under the theedge thiedge theedge . . edge and found himself fighting fightingor flhtuior ( | or air held under the overhang overhangiig overhangng overhangog . ng og .edte edte .edge edge Sedge . . . before the water tossetilm tossed tossed11m tossedurn 11m urn from his hls precarious pcsltloiInto pc.sltion pcsltion pcsition pc.sltiontnto pcsitioninto . , tnto into the open atream stream where h he hevas hes'as -vas vas s'as sas - ' able to dine cling tor for a few second seconds secondso ; o 0 a . a . rock juttlni Jutting out of the cur currentlong currentlong current rent-long rent long - long enough 1.0 10 .0 0 . . o rain gain air for forhis forhis foihis - his lungsHe luni lungs lungsHe * He was able then to catch uiwith up upwith upwith > with . the t.he upset kayak only to fine find findI findthat findthat that all of his duffle dume was Boake 508kt'd 508ktd soaked 508kt'dInd soakedsnd ' < ifnd I Ind [ , snd his camera ruined Once again againIn againIn ar lr in Ladore canyon the craft wai was wasI wasupset wasupset I upset and he wa was aeain again forced t to toswim < swim wlm for it The third Ume time was wasIn wasII w un II Desolation canyon before com corn complet.1ng cornpieting cornpletinB In plet.1ng plet1ng pieting . the first flnt leg le of his hl joumci journey journeyat at Jensen EIghteen EB hteen hole holes * wentorn were wereI weretom weretorn . I tom torn In the canvas boat during thUfirst this thislirt I first lirt stretch of the journey andwhen and andIwhen andwhen I Iwhen ( when he reached Jensen he hadI hadbut hadbut had [ I | but one piece of or patchtni patching left At AtIvernal AtVernal A AVernal < , Vernal he wVa was . able to secure more moreand moreand moreand Ivernal and a again aln at a.t . Orcenrlver Greenrlver Greenriver Utalx utah ! . . , another mother small supply but when hereadied he lie hereaclled liereached ; reaclled reached Lee s a * Ferry hL hit his patching patchingwas patchingwas patchlniwas : was about tone gone The keel of the theboat theboat thboat ( boat when he brought It back here herewa.s herewas herewas wa.s was . a mass of patches and twcrents two tworents tworents rents on the top of the kayak ha habeen had hadbeen hadbeen < ) [ been patched Indicating the fliht fight fightthat fightthat : that had been stated staged between man manand manand manand and water waterFramework waterrameweit waterFramewrh Framework rameweit Smashed SmashedI SmashedRibs SmashedRibs Sinaah 1 Rllr Ribs and stays of the fragileboat tratlltboat fragile fragileboat boat were smashed at various varioustimes variouslines varioustlme I times lines on the trip with wlt.h wlth . hasty and andaf andaften andaften af aften n crude cTUQe crude repairs being b ln called calledupon calledIpon calledupon to- to - tovethl"r to together . upon Ipon to hold the canvas C8llYBS canoe gether vethl"r vethlr tether : " until unt.1l unt1l . th the jounry journey was finshed fin finished fin- fin finIsh - ished shed Ish ed shedWith edWith With his firearms lost lo t In the wa- wa water Waer wa water - ter er he had nothlni nothing with which to toklll totill tokill klll till even a rabbit for fresh meat meatwith meatvlth meatwith with vlth the t.he . res rec rt > o ; lit that when ben hen hereached he hecached reached cached Lee s 5 Ferry Mann wasfacing was wasfacing wasacing 1 1reached facing acing a shortage of ot food Not Notknowing Notnowlng knowing nowlng : his hl exact position Mann MannIWL Mannvax IWL vax : - " husbandln hL'5bandlng hL5bandlng husbanding ' the scant cant store tore of offood ofIcod food cod let le't le ' t of O what he ha had pla.oed plaoed placed placedi . -I I , - the ibe t e boat best 009 t at Oreenriver Greenrlver Oreenrlver Utah Utahcr UtahC"g -C"g C"g Cg > - rt ' cr " ( : ' ' ' "g g " th that t he would reach civ-ya civ ya clv- clv civ- civ clvI civ75 - 78 75 . 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