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Show 3378 Nims- D 1403 A Nothing but the sandbars; we didn't have any rapid difficulty below the San Juan, but every once in a while, every few miles we would run on to a sandbar, one boat or more. THE SPECIAL MASTER: Did he say no rapids below the San Juan? MR. BLACKMAR: No rapid trouble, is what he said. MR. FARNWORTH: He said no rapids below the San Juan. A We had rough water, we didn't call it rapids; we might perhaps, if we had found it above Cataract canyon, we might have called it rapids; we had got so used to rapids, we called that just rough water. Q Kind a had your baptismal fire up there at the cataracts, did you? At what point did this expedition leave the river? A Do what? Q What point did you leave the river, did you finally leave the river? A Vasey's paradise, in Marble canyon. Q About how far is that below Lees Ferry? A About forty- five miles. Q From that point, than where did you go? A We had two boats left then; started from lees Ferry with three boats, had two when we left, we pulled them up as far as we could, and tied them around rocks there the best we could, and we had one camera left, and we cached that |