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Most of the photos on this site were taken by Tim Gillespie or Paul Katz. Thanks Paul.
All of the people in these pictures are excellent human beings! That is the only kind of people we float with.
Top two photos: Flaming Gorge, my favorite place in the world. Okay I like Yosemite too!
Third Photo: Jones Hole, Dinosaur National Monument.
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Sorry about that, but I like big pictures. It's back to the old habit of loading the page and getting a cup of coffee while you wait.
Photo above: Gary
Dahl overlooking Cataract Canyon, just above Spanish Bottom, at the
confluence of the Colorado and Green rivers in Canyonlands National
Park. Photo by Paul Katz.
Because this is a big, beautiful world and we are here but for a moment.
Why be selfish? Rivers and wild places need friends if their interests are going to be safeguarded!
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Below: Dead Horse Point, Utah
Below: Hanging Lake, Colorado
Below: Red Creek Rapid
Below: Zoom Flume, Arkansas River, Colorado
Below: Many Glaciers, Glacier National Park, Montana
Below: Smith River, Above Rattlesnake Campground - Lower Canyon
Below: Smith River, Canyon Depth Campground
Below: The Green River at Flaming Gorge, Utah
Below: Hanging Lake - Glenwood Canyon
Below: Spouting Horn - Glenwood Canyon
Below: The Middle Fork Of The Salmon - Rubber Rapid
Left photo: Rubber Rapid - Middle Fork, Lower Canyon.
Right photo: Inside the Gates of Ladore. Photo by Dr. Gary Gansar. Thanks Doc.
Below: Tim (rowing) and Paul in Triplet Rapid in Ladore Canyon, Dinosaur National Monument. A commercial guide leading another group took this photo. Triplet Rapid was the site of a 2009 pinning and drowning incident . Although the rapid is straightforward, great care must be taken to make sure you do not go on the right hand side (when facing downstream) of this rock shown here.
History of the Colorado: Historical flow rates for the Colorado River near Kremmling for the last 30 years.
Above: The confluence of the Green and Colorado Rivers in Canyonlands National Park. Green to the left, Colorado to the right.