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<br />sleeping on it,
<br />u sin g their
<br />mattress to
<br />cushion their
<br />repose.
<br />At one point
<br />they encoun-
<br />tered a rock-
<br />slide tunnel in-
<br />to which the
<br />r i v e r disap-
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<br />emnly the y
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<br />strom, Fellows
<br />WIIEnE HI\"EH PISAl'l'F.AHEll I:\'TO HOCKS first, followed
<br />ten minutes
<br />later by Torrence and the raft. When Torrence came into view
<br />below the slide, Fellows pulled him out by the collar onto a
<br />rock, The men hysterically locked arms, laughing, and Fellows
<br />cried "Who says the Black Canon is impassable!"'"
<br />On another occasion, below the Narrows, the two ran Qut
<br />of food, like members of the 1900 expedition, They went for
<br />sixteen hours
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<br />mouthful,
<br />then divided
<br />the last spoon-
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<br />beans and
<br />prayed for the
<br />best, L u c k
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<br />pair of big-
<br />h 0 r n sheep,
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<br />tered in the
<br />canyon. One
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<br />ed between two rocks and was cornered bv Torrence who
<br />sprang to the opening, The sheep rushed out, right into Tor-
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