September 2013 Grand Canyon Trip
John, Tom and Fred in 16 foot raft on April 2002 trip
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Welcome to our 'organizing the trip' web site. Please let me know if you have things to add or want changed. Latest Status of the trip listed in reverse chronological order... Great trip! Thanks to everyone for helping out all the time. Here are links to videos and photos. This list will grow as people send their photo links. Trip Recipes (Pro) Water Levels from Phantom Ranch during our trip (Bob) Events on our trip (Bob) Videos Tim, Holly, Sam and Greg on House Rock Rapid (Tom 34MB mp4) Bill and Jordan get dumped in with Chris in the boat on House Rock Rapid (Tom 45MB mp4) George, Alison and Bob on House Rock Rapid (Tom 41MB mp4) Jason, Nate and Matt on House Rock Rapid (Tom 39MB mp4) Tim, Holly and Greg on Hanse Rapid (Tom 70MB mp4) Bill, Chris and Jordan on Hanse Rapid (Tom 57MB mp4) Tim and Greg on Horn Creek Rapid (Tom 39MB mp4) Bill, Chris and Jordan on Horn Creek Rapid (Tom 41MB mp4) Tim, Holly and Greg on Hermit Rapid (Tom 37MB mp4) Bill and Chris on Hermit Rapid (Tom 33MB mp4) Tim, Holly and Greg on Crystal Rapid (Tom 51MB mp4) Bill and Chris on Crystal Rapid (Tom 38MB mp4) Tim and Greg on Bedrock Rapid (Tom 53MB mp4) Bill, Chris and Jordan on Bedrock Rapid (Tom 39MB mp4) Tim almost gets knocked out with Holly and Greg on Lava Falls (Tom 35MB mp4) Bill, Chris and Jordan on Lava Falls (Tom 40MB mp4) George swims Lava Falls while Bob and Alison stay in the boat (Tom 42MB mp4) Two guys in a small dingy flip their boat on purpose in Lava Falls (Tom 38MB mp4) Allie gets knocked out but hangs on with Sam and Pascal on Lava Falls (Tom 54MB mp4) Tim flips on Killer Fang Falls and we get raft flipped back (Alison 7MB mp4) Photos 08/17/2013 Last updated plan from Tim. See you all on the river!!!!! 06/30/2013 Latest updated plan from Tim. Tom sent in the menu to our outfitter Pro River. 06/22/2013 Proposed Food Menu and Work Crew Assignments. Let Tom know if you have any questions, comments or suggestions. Tom plans to email our Food Menu to our outfitter Pro River Saturday June 29th. 05/05/2013 Latest updated plan sent by email from Tim along with a Questionnaire (please answer by May 10th). Final payment due by May 20th to Bill French. Our outfitter Pro River has a document called Painless Primer with a lot of good information. Be sure to read and understand it. The National Park Service requires us all to view this video before our launch. 03/17/2013 Latest updated plan sent by email from Tim. 03/14/2013 Updated list with Allie and Pascal. 03/02/2013 Tom and Polk are organizing the food for the trip. Our outfitter Pro River has tools for us to build the menus. Please fill out your Food Preference Form by March 15 and email back to Tom. The Pro Classic Menu is the base we use before we make our changes. See the Pro Full Menu for all possible selections but we can always request other things that not on the menus too. We will eat well and have fun making our meals but it is a lot work to feed 16 people. 12/02/2012 Latest updated plan sent by email from Tim. 09/22/2012 Latest updated plan from Tim. Everyone has their deposits into Bill, our treasurer. 08/24/2012 Tim emailed everyone about getting their $500 deposit in by September 6 to Bill French, our treasurer. Send your check to: 189 Trask Side Road, Alton Bay, NH 03810 Norovirus email (PDF) from the Park Service. 06/23/2012 Tim has updated plan and timeline (PDF). Be sure to read it and get your deposit in to assure your spot in the trip 05/01/2012 Took off Tarn and Kelly Sublett from the trip list and moved Chris and Jordan French from the waiting list on to the trip list. 04/15/2012 Tim has worked up our initial plan and timeline (PDF) for our trip. Be sure to review it and respond to him by email. 02/26/2012
The big news is that we won two dates and have selected September 6, 2013 as our launch date. Bob Jackson is the
official trip leader from the NPS's perspective. Tim will be the head boatmen and unofficial trip leader. Tom Strauch will handle the food and some other
logistics. Bill French will be treasurer. Other people will take on other roles. Thursday, September 5, 2013 - Either be in Flagstaff by 9:00 am or Lee's Ferry by
mid afternoon; Ranger will review our permit and equipment at Lee's Ferry
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