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[*] posted on 3-27-2014 at 11:45 PM
1540 Bore on the Colorado?




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THE ROMANCE OF THE COLORADO RIVER

By Frederick S. Dellenbaugh

Member of the United States Colorado River Expedition of 1871 and 1872




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[*] posted on 3-28-2014 at 07:26 AM


Kevin Fedarko has written quite an interesting book, The Emerald Mile, which is now in bookstores. It's the account of Kenton Grua's record-setting 'drift' in a dory with two crew members through the Grand Canyon during that winter of '83-'84 surge from Glen Canyon Dam.

Although the story itself is fascinating (not to mention exhilarating for any who have done any whitewater boating) there's quite a lot of information about the El Niņo that winter as well as the amount of water descending to Lake Mead and ultimately on down to Mexico.

I recommend it to anyone who likes outdoor adventure and it doesn't hurt that it's relative to this current topic...though not precisely concerned with the environmental benevolence to Mexico.

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[*] posted on 3-28-2014 at 07:58 AM


What an interesting read!




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