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Show 7142 Empey- D 5123 Q And then came back? A Then came back. Q Turned around? A Yes sir. BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q tell us what happened on that trip, Mr. Empey. A Well, we came up there to one of those V- shaped riffles, and we ran the line out over it, tied it to a big rock up over the riffle, then came back and got on the boat and proceed to go up over the stream, and the boat was carried into the swift water faster than the capstan engine would take the rope up, the boat, when it struck that current, it went sideways out into the stream and broke the rope, turned around, and we went down and back to Moab. BY THE SPECIAL MASTER: Q Did you go back under power? A Yes sir. BY MR. FARNSWORTH: Q Did the Undine later make another try at that same trip? A Went to Moab, and that night the boys purchased a rope. Q A new line? A A new line, and went back. |