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Show 960 " A We always advise about that and select the date we think best." R. 2281. Sometimes a man can go in August, September or October, and he will try to accommodate him. The parties are conducted down the river for compensation. R. 2281. The occasion upon which he lost a boat was while taking Governor Dern through the canyon. The loss was due to a foolhardy act on the part of those handling the boat. They did not follow the boat in which he was riding and got into sand waves and capsized. In his experience on the river he has never had an upset and the loss of the boat referred to is the only experience of its type he had on the river. The accident happened in April [ 1926]. R. 2282. Ladies have made the trip with him, including his daughter, Mrs. Dr. Ostler of New York, and Mrs. Dr. Proctor of Boston. These women made the trip in July and August, about five years ago. His daughter does not swim and the parties that accompanied them down the river did not wear life preservers. R. 2283. Redirect Examination. ( R. Vol. 12, pp. 2284- 2294) It usually takes about five days actual running time to make the trip from Crescent Creek down to Lees Ferry, with two, three or four days off for side trips, especially the one at Rainbow Arch. He has had trouble in boating on the river where a reef or strata of rock cross the stream. This rock crossing is ten or fifteen miles below Hall's Crossing and " we call [ it] a reef rapid, or a shock rapid." At this place there is a little narrow channel possible forty or fifty feet wide, to the right of the island going down, and in that channel the water is not less than a foot deep at any place. He usually took that channel going through without difficulty. R. 2285. |
