August 8-11, 2002: Cataract Canyon Raft Trip, Utah

One of many trip reports under the SilGro home page for Alan Silverstein and Cathie Grow.
Email me at ajs@frii.com.
Last update: January 5, 2024
(Previous trip report: 2002_0407-13_DeathValley.htm)

In lieu of the much longer story I could but probably will not find time to write about rafting through Cataract Canyon, here's a quickie...

• Three nights rafting with 27 other people from Moab to Hite... $290.

• Tips for car shuttle driver and rafting guides... $30.

• Replace old carabiner mysteriously missing upon retrieving daypack from pile taken off the raft where you attached it for safekeeping while hitting the rapids with a partner in a "duckie" (an inflatable canoe)... $6.

• Wearing a helmet when your head hits a rock while you float the Big Drop #3 rapid without said duckie after missing the correct entry... priceless.

[2023 retrospective: This wild river trip occurred just after my last day on site as an HP employee, although months before the actual layoff termination date. I left work a few days earlier than required in order to not miss this long-planned outing.]

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