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Show Prommel- RD 1034 and one of the oars had floated down the river; the oars were laying on the seats, and they were moving back and forth with the current of the water, and we were afraid we would lose both oars. John Shafer finally noticed we were trying to com-municate something to him, and he started on a dead run for the river. When he got there, the boat was entirely under water -- not quite entirely under water, I'll take that back -- just the front and of the boat sticking up. He just grabbed one oar, then he worked three hours to turn the boat over; he finally managed to turn the coat over and get the sand out of the boat. The boat was damaged on one side; he baled it out, and then came across the river with one oar. It was a rather ticklish proposition, because he had to kind of push the boat up stream far enough so eh could land on the other side above a cliff on the river; if he had landed below the cliff he wouldn't have had a landing place, and he didn't know where he would be able to get out of the canyon. Q Do you know what caused the sand to come off? A A change in the current of the river. MR. FARNSWORTH: What did he say? THE WITNESS: The change in the current of the river. MR. FARNSWORTH: At that point in the river? 3006 |