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Park Service to River Runners: “Good Luck”

By Rocky Thompson on May 26th, 2011
Self-rescue.

Self-rescue.

In spite of record breaking snowfall that the National Park Service believes will result in a high-water for the renowned rapids of Cataract Canyon on the Colorado River, the NPS will not have a rescue camp there this year. For years they’ve maintained a base camp where they could offer motorized-assist rescue, but this year they’ll leave it to the guides to self-rescue. They say it has nothing to do with staffing or budget problems, it’s just that they “don’t want to get tied down to one place.”

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One Response to “Park Service to River Runners: “Good Luck””

  1. Jack May 27th, 2011 at 11:56 am

    They may want to reconsider. This is an amazing and hilarious tale of the last time the Colorado was raging and Cataract Canyon was poppin’ off.
    http://www.mountaingazette.com/features/high-water/