LAS VEGAS — The U.S. Bureau of Reclamation decided not to send water rushing through the Grand Canyon this month to rebuild beaches for campers and sandbars for fish because of persistent drought, officials said. An abundance of sand in the Colorado River system gives the agency an opportunity to flood the waterway to spread […]
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Bodie Hilleke follows family legacy, becoming youngest kayaker to navigate Grand Canyon
Bodie Hilleke didn’t have to run the Pearce Ferry Rapid on the Colorado River. He’d already paddled all 280 miles of the river from Lees Ferry without any issues, becoming the youngest person to ever kayak the length of the Grand Canyon. But he paddled on, joining his dad and brothers in the gnarly and […]
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Rocky Mountain National Park and others are open — with some changes — amid coronavirus
By Brandy McCombs and James Anderson, The Associated Press SALT LAKE CITY — Most national parks — including Rocky Mountain National Park in Colorado — are open as a refuge for Americans tired of being stuck at home during a global pandemic. But despite now being free to visit, people may find it more difficult […]
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Colorado rafting team falls short in second attempt at speed record down the Grand Canyon
Thirty seconds grew to a minute, to five minutes, to half an hour. As the miles and minutes passed, the crew on the customized cataraft was feeling strong and pulling hard on their oars, but their pace slipping. “We just didn’t have enough water,” said John Mark Seelig, whose Colorado-based U.S. Rafting Team was joined […]
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Colorado rafting team poised for second attempt at breaking speed record down Grand Canyon
In January 2017, the U.S. Men’s Whitewater Rafting Team’s speed-record dream died in the Colorado River’s stout Lava Falls rapid. They had been rowing for more than 20 hours and were on pace to set a record for the fastest descent of the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon when their customized cataraft failed in […]
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“Post-traumatic growth” for five blind veterans kayaking the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon
Steve Baskis got off line while kayaking in House Rapid, the first serious whitewater in the Grand Canyon. He veered left into the maw of a truck-sized hole he couldn’t see. It swallowed his kayak. He rolled up. It flipped him again. He rolled upright again. He heard faint yelling from his friends — “Hup! […]