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Show 957 He is not familiar with the term " crossing bar" and makes no distinction between what is termed a crossing bar and any other kind of bar. R. 2273. When sand bars are encountered the boat is released either by backing up a little or by working it across, according to the situation. He has found it necessary with the craft he has described to get out of the boat in order to get it off the bars. From Warm Creek to Lees Ferry the water is usually pretty swift and rapid progress in made. He has never been troubled with sand bars in that stretch of the river but has encountered a good many sand waves in the lower stretch. The last trip he made was the 1st of September, 1928. On the 7th of September, 1929, he went to the river for the purpose of making a trip but it was at flood stage from recent rains and he decided not to go on so returned back overland via Hanksville. R. 2274. He prefers a low stage of water to make these trips. He does not have any system of advertising the trips and no regular month of each year in which to conduct them but generally makes them in April and September, which are usually good months. He has, however, made trips in July, August, and October. During one of the trips he lost a boat. He had three boats of the type described, fourteen foot canvas boats; " the water was considerably above normal, and was more or less turbulent; just before we reached Lees Ferry two of the members of our party who were in one of the boats became careless and ran into the sand waves and capsized." They hit into the sand waves and turned over backwards, " Looped the loop backwards." They came down bottom side up. R. 2275- |