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<br />Ov.- boot shools Triplet fC1plds in lodore Canyon ....Ith Chris Anderse:'l 01 oors and Brvce Brown honginglYl
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<br />In the 9or~as or vUue
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<br />'I:~~,f~;l'h>r E.1."'f
<br />Xa\;galors of waters a!\,-ars s~m to
<br />hare ,Elre.:lt pridf' In thl'ir boats. and when
<br />Alan 8ro\\'n. :!8. and Chns Andersen. 20,
<br />asked if we were rel'ldy to see the boat, you
<br />could detect they were ,oer}' proud of It.
<br />So they led LIS through the ...."t't"d'l and Wlder
<br />the box....ood trft'S in Brown's Hole 10 '" em-e in
<br />lhto sand\" bank of lI'll' Gret>n Rin;'r. And there
<br />tied up and :Ill ({'ad\' was thl:- boa! the\' call The
<br />Arblph. flalTh.>d by - Its O\Ul~r dUring" a Grand
<br />Canyon run, after Adolph Coors
<br />The owner of the- hIlat is Pele "S;'ll::ebll!ih"
<br />jI.'lills. a raftinl!; mslrul.'tor for Colorddo Out-
<br />ward Bound. .....ho} al thE" mmnl'nt "as hc-adin(
<br />;m OJtIo\;ard Round bo,lat crew rWlnlng t~ Yam.
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<br />Bro....n. who liw's on a ranch n€'ar \'e.~1.
<br />Jlah, is CO]OIdOO Outward l\oun<! rin"r pro-
<br />~m mal\8ger and Chris k an Out"ard Bound
<br />'aftingin-<;tn,Jctor. .
<br />The Adolph "as tk>signt"d b.I' Ron Smith, thMl
<br />he owner of Can~-onlands E.~pl"'ditiOllS and
<br />.rand Can)'oo F:xpedllions, and such a boat
<br />flighl5et ~'OU back'Sl.200. Th@ boat is similar in
<br />esign to the- Io.man Xa\'}" a.-:sault boat. 16 fl't"t
<br />lI1g and 8 feet ",ide, Rut "'1l€'rE' the :'-O<lXV-In)l!
<br />raft "eighs -150 pounds, The ,\dolph ~'€'i~h!
<br />~~- 90J poun~ ~a~ of i~lpro\'ements ir.lab-
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<br />n~ and rorClJn!,: In the "'all~ 01 ll~ si\ ainlght
<br />C'Ompanmcnts
<br />BrtJC'e Brown <If r.rf"l'll'\' rf'tlrpd n\lI....>(1('
<br />fe('l"'f'3tltmteach."ratalllnIOrhll!hs{'ho.-ll,f;lth,:,r
<br />of AIan, and I \l.t'r€' 20inll to run Lodore and
<br />Wnirlp<lOl and Spht Mountain Can~'nm; wllh
<br />Oms I\ho~ \'oulh beb:"s hiS rinn skill. Chris
<br />wurked as a boatman t""o summers for Can}"on-
<br />lands and Grand Canyon r.\pl-dlllons and last
<br />fall "as sel{"Cled to lit! a skipper In a :'-:alulnal
<br />(:o.>ographic Soci("ty e'(pt"tilll\ln dUlln thl> Omo
<br />River III I<:thlopia. a rilt'( which had nt'ltllt~r
<br />h:-t'n run nnr("\plored
<br />A hippo np\'E'r came- up hl>ne,llh hi$ hllal hut
<br />DOe l'OS(" right alongsid.. It. And the crocodil~
<br />slid df)lm into the n\'t'f and cruist'd out on that
<br />one, like the)' do in the mO\'IM, such as. If }"ou
<br />remember it, in "Trader lIum "
<br />1he .....ooden Irame for the o,ar]ocks. aOOlhe
<br />.....ood.'n floor platform hung ~neath It on
<br />ch<iirts, were pamted a bright oran~e TIll" big
<br />oak oars weff' oranj::f", too. and had briRbt
<br />Indian-looking d,'sigll~ IIp..n thellL Tilt- o.1rs are
<br />, .....onh ~ apiece and art" (f"inforced wilh ntlt"r-
<br />g1a.... ttllhe tips and where they run through the
<br />oarlocks,
<br />T\l.'O rt."Sen'e o~rs .....erE' tied alnn~"ide the-
<br />{"I'aft "'ith orang.. nylun par,lehule <'OrdlO~ And
<br />~ oarlocks "E"re f,l-"tene-d down loI.ith tilt> 5.ame
<br />cordin~, which is '>!rnn>: but loI.ili po>p .iu.'>t short
<br />~~he breaki.ng pvint (If an <.laf. .
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<br />The sidl"s or the hI>al In,'n" Sl r\1o~ w,th han.
<br />dmpt-s \'hlch ,\'''lI c:ln h'l!.l"ntu ur l,(rab for And
<br />all of our gear \\,15 IlPJ Inl" lhe boat SO lh.1t if
<br />thP hnat fllP\"!'d ur If 1\'0: 1:.11 ""'p;lraIN frum It,
<br />it was hopt:'d all of lIl.. g,'ar :lOd the b<mt might
<br />t::.;. found to~('ther
<br />11lUC't" 8rown and I l'it'rt' \\'llh the pmi TIle
<br />calTW'/'3S and olht'r ~t'ar w('rt' llladt'd Into mt:"tal
<br />mIlitary ammumtiml b<Hl"S l\ltl1 walenll~ht
<br />seals and lids. Oltl<'r ~!'.lr Wl'1I1 mIll nlhht'r
<br />walerpruof ha~s nf thl' tvpt' uSl"d b\ :\a\')' fn>;:.
<br />mt'fl aflli at! was n'r:>' tl_h' ~Io\lnlam chmbmg
<br />SMp hnk<! callt"d carabif}(>f'i I\t"ft' u~ tll fil(
<br />ammo oo.\("s and b.1ili~ buckeLs to the b<)at.
<br />:\]an and Chns pre'jeol('fl U.'j Il'lth OUf l':rocery
<br />bIll, y..hich calTlt" to $51 And (''hn5 l\a5 'l:01ng to
<br />m the- rookinc and bt> !hI' skipper and read th<-
<br />n\'t"r and Alan lo]d Hrurt' Brown and me not to
<br />"51a\-e" Chris, which I hope \\'~didn't.
<br />Alan and Chris had lim.,f Olp the permit rrom
<br />,Jfficials of f)moS{-tur :'-:.11.1'1Il,~1 :\ionunlt'nl for us
<br />10 run tht' Gr("("n throu~h 19.mile Lodore
<br />Can\'OO. six oltw:r mil~ clown to Jones Hole and
<br />]9.," miles mort' on do\\TI to the Split .'\Iountam
<br />boJatrdmp.
<br />1'he-\' had ~ol 8nH\n :tn,1 mp thre-e'd:l\' mn.
<br />f("Si~nt fi.-;hinl': lteen..."! from rtah, for on tht"
<br />fH-lrth day of our rirel" f\lll. I)'lf last d;n on thE'
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