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River a Mile Deep: An unguided Grand Canyon rafting adventure, WorldHum

River a Mile Deep: An unguided Grand Canyon rafting adventure, WorldHum

by Michael Shapiro | May 8, 2012 | Blog, Books, Sports, Stories, Travel

It’s not easy to find the right home for a 6,000-word story about rafting the Colorado River in the wake of John Wesley Powell. A civil war vet, Cpt. Powell and his party made the first descent of the Colorado through the Grand Canyon in 1869. Our trip was more...
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