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


02-01.jpg 02-01.jpg Text: (Kodachrome red 12): "33" Watching a raft come through the rapids.

02-02.jpg 02-02.jpg Text: (Kodachrome red 13): "34" The raft is a little further along.

02-03.jpg 02-03.jpg Text: (Kodachrome red 15): "35" Georgie at the helm of the big raft.

02-04.jpg 02-04.jpg Text: (Kodachrome red 18): "36" Calm water and towering cliffs.

02-05.jpg 02-05.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): "37" Cliffs and pinnacles.

02-06.jpg 02-06.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): "38" Deep canyon.

02-07.jpg 02-07.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): "39" A deep side-canyon.

02-08.jpg 02-08.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): "40" A lunch stop on a sand bar.

02-09.jpg 02-09.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): "41" Some climbed up to a large cave overlooking the river.

02-10.jpg 02-10.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): "42" Irene Edwards poses with a human skeleton bleaching in the sun.

02-11.jpg 02-11.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): "43" The boats pull in to a sand bar.

02-12.jpg 02-12.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): "44" Looking down at the river from above. Note the cairn at the lower left of the picture.

02-13.jpg 02-13.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): "45" Tejas and Irene having fun cooling off in the river.

02-14.jpg 02-14.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): "46" The rafts pull in under an overhanging cliff.

02-15.jpg 02-15.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): "47" They explore a large open cave.

02-16.jpg 02-16.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): "48" (NB: edge of slide covered with masking tape) Georgie sets up the kitchen in order to prepare the evening meal.

02-17.jpg 02-17.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): "49" A nice sheltered spot to camp.

02-18.jpg 02-18.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): "50" Everyone relaxes after a full day. Irene Edwards is the one with the yellow cup at her waist.

02-19.jpg 02-19.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): "51" Someone is getting a lot of assistance with his morning bath which he was approaching with some reluctance.

02-20.jpg 02-20.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): "52" The calm between rapids.

02-21.jpg 02-21.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): "53" The morning sun lights up an impressive tower.

02-22.jpg 02-22.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): "54" Check out this rapid.

02-23.jpg 02-23.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): "55" The small rafts negotiating the rapid.

02-24.jpg 02-24.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): "56" This looks like a grave marker.

02-25.jpg 02-25.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): "57" Another grave marker.

02-26.jpg 02-26.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): "58" A large canyon enters the Grand Canyon.

02-27.jpg 02-27.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): "59" An impressive cliff. Is it worth the climb to explore the small caves above?

02-28.jpg 02-28.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): "60" Georgie in the center. Cliff dwellings.

02-29.jpg 02-29.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): "61" View from the cliff dwellings.

02-30.jpg 02-30.jpg Text: (Ektachrome): "62" Climbing back down from the cliffs.

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