I left this client (peep) footage raw, no music no words. Keeps that "feel". If anyone can recognise the boatmen and women let me know. One of the paddleboat captains is myself.

This is what we saw at 75k! This hole only lasted about 2 weeks total in all of history, but whew, what a hole!! Killed one, hurt quite a few, scared us all! Footage care of Sue Kieffer former Hydrologist of the USGS. This will be added in a future update of the High Water Grand Canyon 1983 video, but couldn't keep it to myself till then! If anyone knows these boaters, please contact me. See them lose their angle part-way down? Pulling against the current does no good, just like in a rip or in life. The boat finally ejects upright, but the boaters are far downstream, swimming for their lives.

When the Big Cahuna decides to explode on your head, there aint nothing you can do about it! Lava Falls, mile 179, Colorado river, Grand Canyon, May, 2017. As Dory boatmen tend to say: "You know you're committed when your legs are up in the air!"

Consummate, calm, involve your folks, tell 'em what to expect, and what you're gonna need... then hit it straight! (the head cam is on the front-left fellow, so it seems she's hitting the waves at 2 o'clock, but she's actually straight). If thing's go pear-shaped, as long as you're straight with your pards, they can save your behind.

Flying me out after an injury (beaver-chewed arrowweed pungie stick into my leg) last year. Great view of Vulcan's Throne cinder cone and Toroweap Overlook.

I posted the longer version a long time ago. Here's the 5 minute highlights. We were in our late 40's then. Now we're in our late 60's, & El Niño is back. Ready or not... ;-)

Feeling a tad nostalgic...

The most beautiful river song I ever heard. Of course, being a dory boatman in the Grand, the Best Damn River Trip On Earth, helps. Lucky lucky man. Written and performed by Rick Cassard, a friend and multiple times a passenger.

What to do with your leftover bacon grease on a river trip. CAUTION: do not try this yourself, it's dangerous! And NEVER do it in a National Park... its illegal!