The Colorado River Journies
We had to Hike up a creek coming into the river to find this gem...
Sherry, Our resident ER Doctor...
Notice John Fisher in the background, on his perch waiting fore the next rapid...
Our Boat, Entering Lava Rapids With Ben at the Helm...
Lava Falls – Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, Arizona: the biggest rapid in the canyon and definitely the most fabled. Navigating through a maelstrom of whitewater as the river falls 37 feet over the span of several hundred yards, paddlers pretend they’re in control as they try to avoid Big Black Rock and boat-flipping Ledge Hole for any hope of making it to Tequila Beach for post-Lava celebrations. Rated Class 10 (the highest degree of difficulty in the Grand Canyon), Lava can be twenty of the scariest (and best) seconds of an entire Grand Canyon rafting trip for guides and passengers alike. Photo by Craig Malburg
Photo by Craig Malburg
Had to take this shot again and include more of sense of "Place". It was one tough climb to get up here from the water.
On maybe the 2nd or third night
Photo by Craig Malburg
The Whole group in May of 2021
3 of us from the original 2019 returned...Not including Gary Hart, who was the Ramrod of both trips (in the front of both shots)
The water here and Havasu creek appear turquoise blue due to the high content of calcium carbonate precipitate in the water.
Photo by Craig Malburg
Camp on like day 3 or 4, where we shot the Milky Way at 2:30 in the morning...
Photo by David Dolton
Shrimp Cocktail on the last night in 2018
The guides dressed up, and everybody else used their blanket, and there was a big toga party, which shrimp Cocktail, steak dinner and all the fixins'...
Photo by Craig Malburg
This was maybe40 miles in...
Shad, Lindsey, Jase & Ben (Lindsey and Jase are now married with 1 kid, last I heard. I ran into jase on the 2021 trip also.
Photo by Craig Malburg
