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Show 3973 Kane- D 1993 stirrup, sit something like this ( indicating), with our feet in here ( indicating). and when the boat would roll we wouldn't get thrown out. One man did, Mr. Hyslop was thrown out, in the Grand Canyon. BY MR. FRANSWORTH: Q Below Lees Ferry? A Yes. BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q Between Crescent creek and Rite, Utah, did you encounter say rapids or rough water in there? A A great many small rapids, winding rapids, and hard to navigate, and full of boulders, and at the sped we ran through those, we couldn't make these turns, we would run out on the banks and in the gravel and stick, get out and push it back in, and get in and row on; maybe two or three times a day we would get on those places, and even where there was no rapids, and the water looked fairly smooth and good, we would run on to bars. There were certain channels that would let a boat through, if you followed than and could follow them; we would have to get out and find them, many times we would stop there, and everybody made out across the river back and forth, to find the best place to go through. There sometimes half an hour or more, and we would decide what place to run through, |