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ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

 

For the past few years, I have spent my working days either burrowing deep in library subbasements or wandering through the grandest vistas on the American continent. Along the way, I have accumulated countless debts. If there is a Grand Canyon boatman I have not pestered with questions, I apologize for the oversight. Thanks to Steiner Beppu, Don Bragg, Regan Dale, Brad Dimock, Ed Hench, Zeke Lauck, Martin Litton, Scott Mosiman, Clair Quist, John Running, Bruce Simballa, Larry Stevens, and Dave Stinson. All of these patient teachers have been disabused of the notion that there is no such thing as a stupid question.

Three boatmen went miles out of their way on my behalf. Drifter Smith, who has put in nearly twenty years on the Colorado and racked up some 150 Grand Canyon trips, is a river runner, a geologist, and a student of all topics even tangentially related to the Grand Canyon. On my desk is a long, continually revised sheet of paper headed “Drifter Questions.” In two years, I never stumped him. Michael Ghiglieri, another veteran boatman and an author, disagreed with my views on Powell, on writing, and on everything in between. He fussed and fretted, and helped, at every stage of this long journey. Ben Solomon is a superb kayaker and a better-than-superb teacher. He labored mightily in an attempt to convey something of how a river looks when seen through a professional's eyes.