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Razorback Rapid in high water in 1963

Location: Razorback Rapid
Status: Live River
By: Tyler Childress
Date: May 25, 1963
Description:

Great photo by Ty Childress of one of Bryce Whitmore’s (Wilderness Waterways) military surplus basket boats headed downstream in the big waves at Lower Razorback Rapid – Ray Dressear (sp) is the guide in this raft.  Ty was a passenger in another raft rowed by Johnny Litton, whose father, Martin (later of Grand Canyon Dory fame) was rowing a boat with Ty’s father in it.  The photo was used on the cover of Motorland Magazine, the publication of the American Auto Association (AAA).

 

Keywords: Rafting
Format: Photograph
Collection: Ty Childress's Collection
Rights: Copyright Tyler Childress. All Rights Reserved.

Date uploaded: Aug 28, 2018
Date last modified: Oct 12, 2023