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[Roy Morgan <k1lky AT earthlink.net>]

On Apr 26, 2008, at 7:00 PM, Gene GeRue wrote:
> My brother is a whitewater enthusiast. Been down the Grand Canyon
> three times,

I can understand such madness, but I'm unlikely to go for it in a big  
way.

By the way, some of the oldest rock on the surface of the earth is  
found at the lower end of the grand canyon, where it forms the  
bedrock. Vishnu Schist.  I tell everyone I meet who might go there  
that I want a small pepple of it.  It is against the regulations to  
collect samples in the park, but the whole earth is made of the stuff  
in that area!  It's black, dense and smooth.

Roy


> Alaskan rivers at least twice, ... Imagine the front of a
> raft almost straight down, then almost straight up.

I can imagine that. I was on an 800 foot carrier through one  
hurricane. The deck was 40 feet from the water (normally) and was  
digging into the swells with green water coming over the bow.  A long  
time ago now. But an 800 foot steel ship is a whole different thing  
than an air inflated raft!

Roy

Roy Morgan
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Lovettsville, VA 20180