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Show 975 thinks it must have been July or August, " but I know the river was awful low, awful low". " We had lots of difficulty," on the trip " because down to the Chinle creek it was just a case of walk, that was all." R. 2318. From Chinle Creek down some good stretches were encountered where they could ride for a little way, " but with two men in one boat, with a lot of provisions, and three men in the other boat, we didn't have enough water to do very much boating." R. 2318. At Soda Basin there is a rapid that required much care. They lined over the Soda Basin rapid, and nosed over Gypsum creek rapid, " because whenever you have provisions freighted from Dolores or Thompson to Bluff and then boat them from Bluff down to Soda Basin, you are not in a position to lose them, so we had to use caution and not lose anything." R. 2319. " Q What is the difference between lining a boat and nosing a boat? " A Nosing a boat, you get out and get hold of the nose of it; don't have any line. " In lining a boat, you are trying to walk along the shore and have your boat out in the river. That is something I never did very much, was lining boats. " Q I don't believe I understand just how you nosed a boat through a place where you have lots of water. " A There wasn't lots of water, because there is very little water; the rapid at Soda Basin is a bad rapid in certain stages of water - at that certain stage of water when you get so low you haven't got the water, you can't boat on rock." R. 2319. |
