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Show 4013 Kane- C 2033 rock formation there would not move around between trips, as some witnesses have said, of these sandbars, if you had occasion to navigate that river frequently going up and down, it would not be a difficult thing for you to locate those breaks and know where they were, would it? A Have to hunt for it; have to wade out the same as I did to find the way down and find that way up. Q Then you don't think if you bad had occasion to navigate that portion of the river with frequency, let's say every day for six months, that you would have had any idea where those breaks were and would have to locate them each time you went over there? A That would depend on the stage of water; the next day it night have been two feet high, or a few inches lower. MR. FARNSWORTH: That is all, Mr. Witness. REDIRECT EXAMINATION BY MR. BLACKMAR: Q I neglected to ask you by what means you operated and started this raft you came down from Cisco to Moab? A We had poles; each man had a pole; had long oars; poled it along where the water was deep enough, and we we pulled it off the rocks, too, in many places, the same as if it had been a boat; the water was shallow, rapids and reefs, gravel |