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"Across Arizona on a Raft" Tejas Edwards, Grand Canyon Raft Trip (June 1956)

04-01.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): The river winds on.

04-02.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): And on.

04-03.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): Fractured strata.

04-04.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): Broad vista.

04-05.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): Hundreds of logs left high and dry.

04-06.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): The river winds on and on--.

04-07.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): --endlessly.

04-08.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): The rafts round a large bend.

04-09.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): A couple of the men take an opportunity to shave in the river.

04-10.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): The rafts swing around a turbulent curve.

04-11.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): First glimpse of the suspension bridge at Phantom Ranch.

04-12.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): Large sign identifying the Kaibab Suspension Bridge.

04-13.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): Irene standing by stone wall at Phantom Ranch.

04-14.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): The suspension bridge from the shore.

04-15.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): Large sign identifying the River Measurement Station.

04-16.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): View of the rafts and camp from the suspension bridge.

04-17.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): A large green lizard.

04-18.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): Wranglers packing (or unpacking) a mule.

04-19.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): Some of the party were leaving the trip and phantom ranch, and taking the mule-back trip to the rim.

04-20.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): .

04-21.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): The next rapid to be faced.

04-22.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): Approaching the rapid.

04-23.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): One of the rafts is capsized and is negatiating the rapid upside down.

04-24.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): The three small rafts are lashed together, side by side. One has been folded up over the other two like a clamshell closing up. Once reaching a calm eddy, those inside can push the errant raft back into place.

04-25.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): The three small rafts coming through a pretty steep rapid.

04-26.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): The big raft coming through the rapid.

04-27.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): The big raft continues.

04-28.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): The big raft emerges intact.

04-29.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): A little raft at the moment of truth.

04-30.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): The photographers record the action.

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