WHITEWATER RAFTING THE GRAND CANYON
280 Miles - June 01 to June 18, 2018
Cliff Schinkel, Charles Kersch, Carlin Kersch, Kevin Lay, Triorco Unanue, and Lara
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Rigging Day | Day 01 | Day 02 | Day 03 | Day 04 | Day 05 | Day 06 | Day 07 | Day 08 | Day 09 | Day 10 | Day 11 | Day 12 | Day 13 | Day 14 | Day 15 | Day 16 | Day 17 | Day 18
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DAY 15
This day was rather gruelling. In order to make good time and be ready for our scheduled take-out, we needed to cover some miles. We started in the early morning hoping to
avoid the strong afternoon winds that were making rowing hard.
But by mid-morning we were already experiencing wind, which was (seemingly always) blowing directly
from in front
of us,
no matter which direction we went. By mid afternoon, the wind was sustained at roughly 30mph with some 50mph gusts. With the heat, it was rowing into
blow dryer. We were so physically fatigued that we were slipping into eddies and going in circles; we could not fight the wind and the current both together. In one case
we had to get to shore so one person could get out with a rope and pull the raft downriver until a current could be found. By the end of this day, however, we had rowed
roughly 10 hours and gone about 32 miles. It was a hard day, but we were rewarded with a camp site that had a waterfall within only a 1000-yard hike! Another shower :)
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