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Show / rn 39 we had was on sand bars and getting out of the channel . ( R . 1710-11 , Vol . 9 . ) My boat was stuck once and I ( can't cant ) be positive how many times the other boats were stuck between the mouth of the San Rafael and the mouth of the Green . ( R . 1712 , Vol . 9 . ) In going through Cataract Canyon two ( boats -boats boats ) were slightly damaged . We portaged our cargo around the Dark Canyon Rapid and lined our boats part way through , shooting the remainder of the rapid . We lost no boats . We ran all of the rapids except one . ( R . 1714-15 , Vol . 9 . ) From the foot of Cataract Canyon to Lees Ferry our difficulties consisted of running on gravel bars . One or two of the boats were hung up so that a man had to get out to push them off . We also had some difficulty with what they call whirlpools . We encountered no rapids in Glen Canyon . ( R . 1717-18 , Vol . 9 . ) Moving pictures were taken all the way down on our trip , which consumed 21 days . ( R . 1719-20 , Vol . 9 . ) On five or six occasions I have made an upstream trip from Lees Ferry . The first trip was in July , 1926 , in a ( 26-foot 26foot ) motor boat with a ( 5-foot 5foot ) beam and drawing 18 inches of water . We went up approximately 40 or 50 miles , the flow of the river at that time being about 40,000 second feet . We had difficulties with sand bars and in making headway against the current . Two and a half days were consumed going up . ( R . 1721-4 , Vol . 9 . ) ( In Tn ) taking advantage of the eddies going upstream you may get into a pocket ( with Nvith ) no outlet and be compelled to return downstream and choose another course . ( R . 1725 , Vol . 9 . ) 1 found that when the river was high we ( didn't didnt ) have enough power to go upstream , and when it was low there was too much trouble with sand ( bars -bars bars ) . ( R . 1731-2 , Vol . 10 . ) At Lees Ferry bars often form in an ( hour's hours ) time and then cut out . Many times the bars will hold the ferry boat 50 feet from the bank and we would be delayed from a half to ( three-quarters threequarters ) of an hour getting across . ( R . 1732-3 , Vol . 10 . ) 1 ran this ferry boat for the County between May , 1923 , and February , 1925 . We ordinarily made four or five trips a day , and in the fall I have made as high as sixty or seventy trips a day with the ferry boat . ( R . 1734-5 , Vol . 10 . ) On my upstream trip from Lees Ferry in July , 1926 , ( I 1 ) found trouble with swift water at two places and also sand bar trouble . ( R . 1734-5 , Vol . 10 . ) On my upstream trip from Lees Ferry in July 1926 , I found trouble with swift water at two places and also sand bar trouble . ( R . 1738 , Vol . 10 . ) When we turned around to come back we had about two ( gal- gal ) |