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<br /> <br />~~fftlw~ <br /> <br />What is the lure of the rivers and canyons? <br />What is it that prompts men to gamble with death, <br />challenging monstrous waters <br />in puny, ephemeral crafts? <br />To demonstrate courage? <br />To face the unknown? <br />To assert one's dominion of nature? <br /> <br />.. . Tiyo, who floated the Grand Canyon rapids <br />encased in a cottonwood trunk, <br />seeking the home of the spirits <br />in hopes of enlisting their aid <br />to bring rain to his drought-stricken people... <br /> <br />.. . Major Powell, who singlehandedly dared <br />to enter the Great Unknown, <br />enduring an endless succession of hardships <br />in the name of science and honor.. . <br /> <br />.. .John Brown, who was drowned in his hubris, <br />embarking upon a delusional scheme <br />to send coal through the canyons by rail... <br /> <br />. . . The daredevil Kolb brothers <br />who in their exuberance <br />filmed an indelible vision. . . <br /> <br />.. . Bus Hatch and his brothers, cousins, and sons, <br />who accidentally established a riverine empire <br />intending only to have a good time... <br /> <br />.. .And the thousands of summer daytrippers <br />for whom the swift waters are merely another <br />thrilling amusement park ride... <br /> <br />1 <br />