The last canyon voyage : a filmmaker's journey down the Green and Colorado Rivers /

"Recounts the last of the few river trips to follow Powell's path down the Green and Colorado before those rivers were dammed"--

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Online Access:Electronic book from EBSCO
Main Author: Eggert, Charles, 1918-2005 (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published:Salt Lake City : The University of Utah Press, [2020]
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Table of Contents:
  • Intro
  • Contents
  • Editor's Note
  • Acknowledgments
  • Foreword
  • Introduction
  • 1. The Idea
  • 2. Don Hatch
  • 3. Cid Sumner
  • 4. Last Preparations in Vernal
  • 5. Meeting in Green River
  • 6. Getting Ready to Launch
  • 7. On the River at Last
  • 8. Shakedown
  • 9. Red Canyon and the First Rapids
  • 10. Brown's Park and the Gates of Lodore
  • 11. Hell's Half Mile
  • 12. Rippling Brook
  • 13. Echo Park and Harper's Corner
  • 14. Photographing the Yampa River and Jones Hole
  • 15. Whirlpool and Split Mountain Canyons
  • 16. Vernal Interlude
  • 17. Uinta Basin
  • 18. Desolation Canyon
  • 19. McPherson Ranch
  • 20. Gray Canyon and Green River, Utah
  • 21. Labyrinth and Stillwater Canyons-Cid Leaves the Expedition
  • 22. Cataract Canyon
  • 23. The Big Drops, Dark Canyon Rapid, and Hite
  • 24. Hite to Ticaboo Creek
  • 25. Glen Canyon
  • 26. Hidden Passage
  • 27. Rainbow Bridge to Lee's Ferry
  • 28. L'Envoi-Grand Canyon
  • Notes
  • Afterword: After the River