The Trip
From Rafting Grand Canyon
The Trip
This section covers issues that you will encounter on your journey through Grand Canyon. Topics include The Put-In (with subsection on Safety Orientation), On The Water (with subsections on Safety Orientation, River Safety, and Rapids), Wind, Group Dynamics, At Camp (with subsections on Hygiene and Personal Care, Getting Away From the River, Exchanges, Emergencies, Where to Find Water, and The Take-Out).
This chapter includes info on Lee’s Ferry layout, where the boat ramp is, coordinating with the ramp ranger, ramp etiquette, ramp electricity, where the boaters camp is, restaurants, the payphone phone location, ranger contact info, Ravens, mice and ringtails, micro-trash, trash dumpsters, photo ID, cash, boat rigging tips (rig to flip), and Safety Orientation .
This chapter includes info on the first day Safety Orientation , River Safety , trip to trip logistics, daily travel distance, daily end of day briefings about next day activities, Rapids, Bow-line Safety , what if your boat gets away, moonlight floats, scouting, Ferry angle discussion, face your danger, righting a flipped raft, and eddy avoidance.
This chapter includes information on how to deal with the wind, both on and off the river.
This chapter includes info helpful to those new to the Grand, or any river, including keeping a group functioning, and how to handle conflicts.
This chapter includes info on arrival time in camp, departure time from camp, kitchen location set up, groover location set up (see Solid Waste Management), sanitation including hand washing, fire pans/wood collection/ash management, Fires, saunas, personal campsite set-up i.e., wind blowing gear away, waiting to set up personal camp until all boat unloading and kitchen set up is done, bathing, nudity, noise (boomboxes), and Hygiene and Personal Care, water treatment and camp equipment.
This chapter includes info on micro-trash, resource protection, archeological-site sensitivity, rock trundling, hiking (let others know where you are going), "Don’t bust the (crypto) crust" info.
This chapter includes info on hikes in/out heat, time of day, rim logistics, campsites above Phantom, Pipe Creek drop off
This chapter includes info on sat-phone use, helivacs, site selection, water down area, do not approach until directed to by helicopter operators
This chapter includes a list (all mileages from Martin/Whitis Grand Canyon River Guide, 2nd edition) of water sources that reach the river and typically don't dry up in the summer.
This chapter includes info on Diamond Creek open/closed times, ramp etiquette, Pierce and South Cove take-outs, with info on trailer loading, Hoover Dam issues, landfill info
