Show Orchard Explorers Run Green River The 0 Orchard 2nd ward Explorer Explorer Explorer Ex Ex- Post River Rats met at atthe atthe atthe the ward house for an exciting river trip on the Green River recently MEl MEMBERS ERS ARE Rick Bangerter Bangerter Bangerter Bang- Bang erter Phillip Adams Lee Kolts John Freestone Jay Jr Gilbert Pond Paul Gil Simonsen Simon- Simon sen Don Western Phil Chase Robert Kolts John Bangerter Grant Simons Conway Threet Threat Dave Jones Carl Peterson Reed Martin Jay Sr Kay Pond and guide Al Quirt The group traveled about miles mUes in the four days on the river They went in at Ouray In Indian In- In dian dJan Reservation and came out five miles above Green River State Park They took four 11 man rubber rafts The first two days the water was calm and they had to row a lot THEY STOPPED once to see some The third day the water turned very exciting with lots of waves The rapids are ranked one to ten with ten being the roughest The largest this group went through was 7 On the fourth day they came cameto cameto cameto to a number 7 The first boat went through okay but the second second second sec sec- ond boat went over an underwater ter rock The large wave on the rock picked the front end of the boat up and turned It over ALL FIVE persons aboard were In the soup It was several several several sev sev- eral seconds before a head popped up The two boys climbed onto the upturned boat and then helped two of the men aboard Then Kay Pond was seen a long longway longway longway way downstream One of ot the theother theother theother other boats went for her while another boat picked up the ones on the overturned boat The guide said that when a whole boatload of people is overturned someone Is usually missing P Paul a u 1 broek Gilbert Pond Kay Pond Gil Simonsen and Grant Simons were In the upturned boat The group felt very lucky and happy to arrive home safely ml |