All right, here's the first round of photos from the big Grand Canyon trip. All photos are mine except where noted. Most of my photos are actually screen grabs from videos I shot with my Go Pro camera. Eventually I hope to share some video footage, but that'll take longer.
In the Air B&B we stayed in the night before Rig Day, J.D. Terry, Wiik Ingle, and Nick Wirick study the maps and ponder the river-running task before them. Photo by Kylie Haberman.
Kylie Haberman at the granary above Nankoweap camp. We hiked up here at the end of Day 3. Photo by Nick Wirick.
On the morning of Day 6, Nathan Rakestraw and Brady Sleeper anticipate the three big rapids--Granite, Hermit, and Crystal--that we'll be running that day.
Rob Lieb is in high spirits while oarsman J.D. Terry gazes at the canyon walls.
There's no kidding around as Kaylin Owens and Emily Cox discuss the best line through Granite Rapid.
With self-preservation at the forefront of my mind, I assess Amelia Taylor's approach to Hermit Rapid.
Wiik Ingle savors the action of Day 6.
Genevieve Verrastro gazes at Crystal Rapid. The "meat" of the rapid is upstream, off to the left of this photo, but there are hazards downriver, where Genevieve is looking, that can bedevil the unsuspecting boater.
Halfway down Crystal Rapid, I sit in a river-right eddy and watch Amelia Taylor run the "hero" line. That's her at 11 o'clock off my bow.
Amelia Taylor has earned a "high five" after running Crystal.
Wiik Ingle (right) and Arlyn Agababian and Genevieve Verrastro navigate Crystal Rapid. Crystal is about 99 miles downstream of Lee's Ferry on the Colorado River.
Day 7 was a "layover day": we spent the day at Bass camp (Mile 109) and did some hiking, visiting Shinumo Creek the next watershed over. Kylie Haberman takes a selfie at the pool beneath the waterfall there, and she's nice enough to include Emily Cox and yours truly.
Kiley Haberman shot this photo of me as we prepared to depart Bass camp.
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