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Show 956 the Colorado River. " Q I wish you would just tell me about a typical trip down there, and what difficulties, if any, you encountered. " A In the first place, I have a responsibility to make the trip safe; one reason why I have selected a small boat which is easily managed, quickly managed, to avoid the sandbars and the shoals and the whirlpools, the wind waves and the sand waves which we sometimes encounter, - we have encountered them, - I have been driven ashore by the wind a number of times, occasionally have to wait over three or four hours for the wind to go down so that we can go on safely." R. 2271. He has encountered sand waves on that stretch of the river during his trips but he has endeavored to keep out of them with the boats. " Q How do you do that? " A Usually there in some quiet water on one side or the other, and by crossing and re- crossing we are able to keep out of most of the sand waves." R. 2272. Those sand waves that they were not able to keep out of are necessarily ridden, the same as some of the rapids. He has discovered that less water is shipped if the boat is put lengthwise of the trough and floated down sideways in that manner. He has always gone through the sand waves safely. R. 2272. Between Crescent Creek and North Wash there were some small rapids, the Trachyte, Tickaboo, Bull Frog and Rainbow, but he does not know the actual fall of these rapids. He encountered no real difficulty with sand bars on the trip but the small boats would occasionally touch the bars and were easily pulled off, " they draw so little water." |