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Show Kolb- D 835 out to the boat, using this pulley going out. I followed. We tacked canvas around the cock- pit, this open part, so the water wouldn't run in; we baled that part of the boat out; that made the boat lighter; and then we tacked canvas around the hatch cover that was underneath the water, and excluded the water from running in, and we baled that part out. Then we took the material out, and attached it to this pulley, and the men on shore took the material to the shore in that way. The maps were the first things that were sent shore; they were dry; there was very little lost from anything getting wet; it was fortunate that the part that was under the water was canned goods, things of that nature, that didn't spoil from getting wet. The boat was on that rock for twenty- four hours. I still thought I would run the rapid. I took all the material out of the second boat, and if you can run a rapid with a boat you are through in a very few minutes. If you take the boat out -- if you carry your stuff-- it takes practically a day to do it; there is a great temptation always to run the rapid if one can. We took the chance in almost every case, of running a rapid, if there was any possible chance for it. I made a second attempt; I got too close to the shore; this place where I speak of water running over the rocks; that boat 2805 |