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Show It is his opinion that boats 301 couldnot be taken up the Colorado River from ( Moab Aloab ) to Westwater , but that they might be taken up a distance of about fifteen miles , although it would be necessary to do considerable towing in that distance . It would be impossible , in his opinion , to row a boat that far up ihe river . He has never seen any boats on the Colorado River between Westwater and Moab . He has been up the Colorado River between its confluence with the Green and Moab three or four times . - ( R . 1132-1134 . ) The difficulties encountered in going up that stream are always bad enough with a row boat ; some of it you row , some of it you tow your boat the best , you can . Had the sand bars ; running ( be- be ) hind a sand bar sometimes would have to turn and , go back , hunt around and find some little channel that you could get your boat ( lip tp ) ( through thr'ough through ) . ( R . ( 1134r- 1134r 1134- ) 1135 . ) One trip made on the Colorado River between the mouth of the Green River and Moab was in , ( March 211arch ) of 1926 , when he was accompanied by his brother . Very little equipment was carried on the trip ( and 'and and ) it consisted principally of camp ( equip equip- equip ) ¬ ( ment inent ) and a very little grub . In places where a sand bar or bank was found that could be walked along , the boat was towed , one man walking along the bank ( with -with with ) a sixty foot rope tied to the boat , the other man using the oars to hold the boat in the river . |