Desolation Canyon - Magnificent Desolation
Channel: Tex Done This
Date: 2013-10-10

Seeing the Desolation Canyon's walls from a raft on the Green River, I thought "Magnificent Desolation" — Buzz Aldrin's first words spoken on the moon.

In the second part of our Desolation Canyon rafting trip, where we see the beauty of the Canyon from the Green River, and battle 60-70 mph winds. It was an awesome display of the rugged grandeur of the canyon and the sheer power of nature.

You get a sense of how Desolation Canyon got its name. In the five days we were on the river, we saw only about six other people outside our party. Between the rapids, there are quiet times when you hear nothing but the splash of paddles.

Other times, we rode white water and faced winds so strong they blew our rafts upstream – more powerful than the Green River's currents.

More from the Whitewater Guidebook: https://www.whitewaterguidebook.com/utah/desolation-canyon/ 

Songs: "A Stranger's Map of Texas" by Michael Chapman & The Woodpiles http://freemusicarchive.org/music/Michael_Chapman__The_Woodpiles/NATCH_7/03_A_Strangers_Map_of_Texas and "Carve It Out" by Matt Bauer http://www.myspace.com/mattbauer used under Creative Commons License (Attribution - NonCommercial - ShareAlike) Licensed through the Vimeo Music Store and freemusicarchive.org

"Strangers Map of Texas" -- https://vimeo.com/musicstore/track/68888/a-strangers-map-of-texas-by-michael-chapman-the-woodpiles

"Carve it Out" -- https://vimeo.com/musicstore/track/6460/carve-it-out-by-matt-bauer

http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/us/

Chapters:
00:00 Paddling on the Green River 
00:32 Why We Came to Desolation Canyon
02:11 The Wind — Jet Effect Winds in Desolation Canyon

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