Show norman D conducts boat trip A daring boat trip down the colorado river through cataract canyon began on tuesday morning at ten the starting point moab utah the destination lees ferry arizona the trip was under the direction of norman D the distance is approximately miles and it will take about 19 days to complete the trip mr Nevill ss will pilot his famous I 1 flagship the wen the only 41 boat to attempt and survive four trips through the grand canyon these trips were made in 1938 40 41 42 in the boat with mr will he be lowell marston and her mother mrs otis marston miss marston made a boat trip with mr through san juan canyon last year in preparation for this more daring and longer trip now two other boats will follow mr the mexican hat a veto eran cf three trips through grand canyon it will be piloted by wayne mcconkie of moab and will include as passenger ed hudson a pharmacist of banning california mr hudson accompanied the expedition thru grand canyon in 1942 and thru the san juan canyon the same sa ff year the third boat the joan a veteran boat of two grand canyon trips will be piloted by otis maritn of san francisco financier of the E F hutton co his passenger will be his other daughter maradel marston twin sister of lowell these girls are 18 years of age ae and the eager for the great grea t adventure with their parents and other members of the party this is the third trip to be made by mr through cataract canyon but the first major expedition to leave moab for the complete run through to lees ferry leaving moab on the upper colorado the boats will travel on it through orange cliff canyon for 70 miles and will visit the natural bridges en route at the confluence with green river the main colorado is formed and just below this point the boats w will i I 1 I 1 enter cataract canyon this canyon is called the graveyard of the colorado because many lives have been lost in an attempt to make descent with boats some 40 miles will bring the party into what is called mill crag bend a nine mile stretch of narrow canyon leading to glen canyon by way of dirty devil river through glen canyon the par party t ly will have a distance of miles more to reach lees perry ferry but by that time the most dangerous pas pa of the trip will be over at hi utah the expedition will replenish its supplies brought overland utah the expedition will replenish its supplies brought overland from hanksville Hanks ville it will take about a week to reach hite three movie cameras all color film will be carried along to record the beauties and chief points of interest along the way historical data will till be collected and alto altogether ether this expedition will be one of outstanding interest mr chartered an airplane to take members of the party over the river route and adjacent territory on monjay monday mon jay june 9 the Beech Beeche craft raft with eddie drapela of walker field grand junction as pilot will make three trips of two hours each in order to take the members of the expedition and other moab over the route I 1 ex y |