Day 5 – overnight backpackRiver Miles: 0Hiking Miles: 5March 22, 2013 Our backpacking team was ready to take off early in the morning. Doug Nering was set to lead myself, Jackie Summers, Chris Atwood, and Jeremy and Shannon McCumber over the butte fault route from Nankoweap and down Kwagunt Creek as an overnight backpacking trip. […]

Day 4 – Nautiloid (35) to Main Nankoweap (53.4)River Miles: 18.4Hiking Miles: 1March 21, 2013 “Coffee! Come and get your coffee!”(metallic echo of a steel utensil repeatedly struck upon a frying pan) So begins the fourth day on the River. After inhaling some eggs, sausage patties, bread, and oatmeal, we had a few moments to […]

Day 3 – Shinumo Wash (29.5) to Nautiloid (35)River Miles: 5.5Hiking Miles: <1March 20, 2013 Day three dawned with a sense of ease and relaxation for me. The majority of the group would be canyoneering the Silver Grotto of Shinumo Wash for the better part of the morning, leaving the rest of us with some […]

Day 2 – Hot Na Na (16.7) to Shinumo Wash (29.5)River Miles: 12.8Hiking Miles: 1March 19, 2013 I woke at 5am to have breakfast ready to serve at six. Steve-O, the McCumbers, and Chris Atwood were already up and had the coffee going, making it clear who the early-riser coffee addicts would be! The coffee […]

Day 1 – Lees Ferry (0) to Hot Na Na (16.7)River Miles: 16.7Hiking Miles: 0March 18, 2013 We woke before 6am for our first day on the River. Chris from Moenkopi prepared our breakfast (scrambled eggs and bacon) before leaving us on our own. The early morning was a little chilly, but soon the sun […]