boatman's quarterly review - Grand Canyon River Guides

when driving. Like most guides, I have a great passion
for the river and the river lifestyle, and enjoy collecting
and reading old and rare books pertaining to river lore
and history.
Married, family, pets Mindy and I were married on
November 29, 2003, on the rim of the Canyon at the
Buck Farm Overlook. It was an awesome end to an
awesome day when giant Condor #22 appeared and
made a couple of swooping low circles above us. My dad,
mom and sister, Bonnie, also work in the river business.
School/area of study/degrees I graduated from the
University of Utah with a Math bs in 2000.
What made you start guiding I grew up in the river
business. I’m a second generation river guide.
What brought you here I love the outdoors and
rivers, and the Grand Canyon is the best of the best. It’s
my favorite place in the world.
Who have been your mentors and/or role models
My dad and mom, Bill Trevithick, Abel Nelson, Mary
Allen, John Toner, Shawn Rohlf, and David Brown.
What do you do in the winter Dream of being in the
Grand Canyon while brine shrimping on the Great Salt
Lake.
Is this your primary way of earning a living or do
you combine it with something else Half of the year
I work on the Great Salt Lake in the brine shrimping
industry. The best half of the year, I work on the river—
mostly in the Grand Canyon.
What’s the most memorable moment in your guiding
career When Latimer Smith gave the “okay” sign by
patting the top of his head after he fell 50–60 feet down
from Thunder River. Watching him fall that distance and
being helpless to do anything was awful. I will never
forget how grateful I felt when he gave the okay sign.
What’s the craziest question you’ve ever been
asked about the canyon/river “Is the river really
going downhill, or does it just look that way”
What do you think your future holds I try to enjoy
the moment without thinking too much about the future.
What keeps you here The connection to those I care
about—family, friends, and co-workers; the Canyon, itself,
and the interesting people I get to know and meet.
GCRG Mini Updates
Guides Training Seminar
Check the gcrg website, www.gcrg.org for an electronic
version of the gts flyer and a draft land
session agenda. We do want to emphasize “Draft”
because it may very well change (even several times) but it
will give you an excellent idea of what the March 29–30
session will cover. Check back close to the session for the
final version—you don’t want to miss anything! Land session
cost is $35 per person, or $30 if paid by March 1. River
session costs are $180 for the upper half (April 1–7) and
$230 for the lower half (April 7–15). If you’re sponsored by
an outfitter, they’ll pick up the tab
Adopt-a-Boatman
New full adoptions since the last bqr include: Les and Helen
Hibbert, John Toner, and Richard Quartaroli. Fantastic new
additions! An updated list of the partial adoptions includes:
Brian Dierker ($250 needed), and Dick McCallum ($400
needed) Loie and Buzz Belknap ($250 needed) Serena
Supplee ($500 needed). These stories need to be told, so
send some $ to help us complete these partial adoptions!
Check the gcrg website for the most current spreadsheet of
adoptions, sponsors, and status at www.gcrg.org/adoptaboatman.
You’ll be amazed by the breadth of the project to
date.
Interviewing, transcribing, editing—we’re busy with
every aspect of this program! It’s exciting to be making some
good headway with many interviews completed (or near
completion) and others on the docket. This spring will be
see hours worth of tapes transcribed and edited, with the
transcriptions and tapes eventually residing at nau Cline
Library to be incorporated into their Colorado Plateau
Digital Archives. And many thanks to all the sponsors for
their generosity and enthusiasm, as well as to the adoptees
for their willingness to sit down with Lew Steiger and share
their memories of boating in Grand Canyon. We’ll be
thrilled to start publishing some of these interviews very
soon!
Adopt-a-Beach
We’ll be doing Adopt-a-Beach sign-ups at the gts land
session. We need your help to capture the changes to Grand
Canyon beaches in 2008, especially if the High Flow Test
occurs! Adopt-a-Beach photos will eventually be incorporated
into the Campsite Atlas Program spearheaded by
Grand Canyon Monitoring and Research Center and Grand
Canyon National Park. No other program matches the
frequency of monitoring that Adopt-a-Beach provides.
Thankfully, our extensive photo archive will soon have a
home within a larger context of a comprehensive electronic,
gis-based atlas of all previously used and currently available
campsites in the Colorado River ecosystem.
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