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Your highly skilled instructors will model leadership and then you'll take the helm.
Photo: Brad Christensen |
Imagine expeditioning 125 miles through the breathtaking canyons of Utah’s wild Green River, the birthplace of whitewater boating. This course offers a thorough introduction to travel skills on the same river that launched General John Wesley Powell’s famous 1869 expedition.
You’ll learn to kayak, captain a paddle raft, and row an oar rig as you negotiate the whitewater of Desolation and Lodore canyons. You begin in calm water and progress to moving water, learning increasingly advanced maneuvers. As the canyons get steeper and the rapids get bigger, instruction shifts to hydrology, hazard evaluation and rescue techniques. Rapids like Disaster Falls and Hells Half-Mile, named by Powell himself, offer exciting challenges while exploring this magnificent river.
Whitewater River
Expedition 16-day
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| Duration: |
16 days |
| Age: |
16 and over (Average age 18) |
| Tuition: |
$3,360 |
| Dates: |
June 4-June 19, 2008
July 3-July 18, 2008
July 16-July 31, 2008
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College Credit:
(Optional) |
2
Semester Credit Hours
2 Hours Skills Practicum |
| Course start/end: |
Vernal, Utah |
| Equipment Deposit: |
$225 |
| Fly in/out: |
Vernal, Utah or Salt Lake City, Utah |
| Downloads: |
Course Description
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Equipment List
(pdf) |
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