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Show r " lUMMoirmAMW M y 4 494 The trip from Greenriver , ( TTtah Utah ) , to Lees ( Perry Ferry ) , took twenty or ( twenty-one twentyone ) days . has had quite a lot of experience in handling TOW boats , and in his estimation , he ( couldn't couldnt ) have the boat he operated back up stream from t Ferry alone . It ( "probably probably ) would have been possible thing to do with a man that had plenty of assistance and equipment to do it with . ( 7' " ) He would say it would have taken at least six to have taken her back as far as the cataracts , and going up through the cataracts , the boat would have to be portaged around every rapid . ( R . 1720 . ) The taking of moving pictures delayed the ( expe expe- expe ) ¬ dition quite a bit . If it ( hadn't hadnt ) been for this they could have come through in less ( time thine ) . ( R . 1720- 1721 . ) He has gone up the Colorado River above Lees Ferry in a boat at least five or six times ; the first time in July 1926 he went upstream in a motor , , , boat about ( twenty-six twentysix ) feet long and about a ( five- five ) foot beam , drawing about eighteen inches of water , ( the -the the ) ( motive moti-ve motive ) power on this boat being a Ford motor ( taken -taken taken ) out of an automobile and belonging to him . ( R . 1721 . ) He made this trip just to see if he could go up there ( and a-ad aad ) carried supplies that would weigh in the neighborhood of two hundred and fifty pounds ( , . ) ( lie Ile ) was accompanied by Bob Marshall , carried food , ( a 'El El ) ( camp can-ip canip ) outfit , and extra gas , and went upstream in |
