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<br />Here they were met by
<br />Dillon, who brought ad-
<br />ditional provisions and a
<br />new pair of shoes for
<br />Torrence, whose old ones
<br />had completely worn out.
<br />The men had a good
<br />meal that night, then
<br />were up the next morn-
<br />ing and on their way
<br />downstream to Beaver
<br />Camp, about half a mile
<br />above the N a I' I' 0 W S I
<br />where they eamped over-
<br />night. Next day near the
<br />Narrows they came upon
<br />a cache of fruit left the
<br />previous summer: "We
<br />opened cans enough to
<br />satisfy our hunger and
<br />v..rent on."s';
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<br />Where the first expedition had given up at the Falls of
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<br />Sorrow, Torrence and Fellows jumped into the s\'.:irling waters,
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<br />shouting "Goodbye" to each other, and went over the falls,
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<br />both coming out alive but exhausted on a projecting rock in
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<br />the calmer waters below, They lay there for hours, reco\'ering
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<br />their strength and senses.
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<br />Next came the run through the Narrows, described by
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<br />Torrence in the Montrose Enterprise::t~
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<br />At the "Narro\vs" the fun began. The Canon is full of great
<br />boulders. which form bridges across the stream. Over these we must
<br />scramble, one getting on top and pulling the other up. These rocks
<br />were slick as grease. and hard to climb. We spent a day in going a
<br />quarter of a mile. The walls are almost perpendicular in many places
<br />and some 2.000 feet or more to the top.
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<br />They finally reached Red Rock Canyon, on Monday evening,
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<br />August 19, where they rested and received more food supplies,
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<br />On Tuesday, over a week after they had gone into the canyon,
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<br />they left Red Rock for the last leg of their journey, with nothing
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<br />but a lunch in waterproof wrappings. The canyon walls were
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<br />the camp of some hay makers who gave them a feast of cold
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