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Show 762 all have to get overboard as they could sometimes shove off with their cars by standing on the stern, pushing and lifting. There were lots of places where some of the boats stuck, some places where all of the boats stuck, and he believes they were all stuck just below Double Bownot on the Green River. R. 1825- 1826. He doesn't recall that any of the boatmen were criticized on the trip on account of paying too much attention to the scenery, causing five of them getting on the bar at Bownot. They were attending to the business of getting the boat down the river. R. 1827. The business of the trip as far as the camera men were concerned was to get interesting pictures. He was the boatman and when he was ordered to stop or get into a certain position, he did so. He believes that at Bull Frog, just below Hite, about all of them hit the bottom and dragged over it, but all of them didn't have to get out. It took the radio man and himself fifteen minutes to push themselves off with oars over the shallow part of the river. R. 1828. Further Examination: ( R. Vol. 10, pp. 1829- 1830.) He had never been on the Colorado River previous to this trip and he didn't use any maps himself. He knew that Mr. LaRue and Mr. Baber, the New York Times reporter, had a topographic map, showing the fall of the rapids in part. R. 1829- 1830. [ BY THE SPECIAL MASTER]: " Q. You need not answer this question if either counsel |
