Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-01-22
one is DEAD;
TWO MAY BE,
IN The CANYON
Attempt To Sail Colorado River
In Grand Canyon Proves a.
Risky Undertaking for Three
Bold Adventures.

BRIGHT ANGEL, Grand Canyon,
Ariz. Jan. 21.-Somewhere in the bot
tom of the Grand Canyon, below the
foot OF Bright Angel trail, two men
In one sixteen-foot rowboat are being
hurled through the rapids Of the Col
orado river, with their destination,
The Needles, Cal, more than 300
miles distant, and their starting
point Green River, Utah, more than
400 miles at their backs. In this
flimsy craft these two men are at
tempting to perform feat which has
been accomplished successfully only
twice in history and then by large,
well equipped parties with much heav-
Ter and bigger boats.
Behind them, up the river, Tive
miles. above Bright Angel, is one OF
their boats, wedged fast between two
boulders, at the foot. of the famous
Sockdologer Rapids, where the river
plunges down a continuous series
of cataracts for ten miles, with a
drop 21O feet Two hundred and
fifty miles farther north is a third
boat, with which the little expedition
started. Its occupant, the organizer
of the trip, has disappeared where
the river has claimed for its own al
most every man who has ever dared
to attempt its fearful rapids. Tray
cling overland to the nearest habita-
ton in Southern Utah, the fate of
this third man is as yet unknown to
his former companions.
The two men who sarted on down
the river from here are Charles S.
al ,xf A,-sz
Monet of GoIdfield, New The third
man was Ebert Lopez, a native of
Louisiana, Mo. When Monett's boat
was smashed into fragments in the
rapids five miles above here, the men
at first thought they must abandon
their trip, which, beginning at Green
River, APO miles north of here, has
already lasted for more than three
months.
The men entered the Grand Can
yon proper on December 20, and
spent Christmas on the trail. In the
fifteen miles between their camping
place and the foot of this trail they
consumed ten days in fighting the
worst stretch of water in the 42O
miles OF rapids they had encountered.
According to Stanton's measure
ments, the river drops at this point
210 feet in ten miles. 1t was in this
stretch of continuous rapids that
Monet came to grief His boat
struck partly submerged rock and
was completely demolished.
Russell, who had shot the rapids
first, made his boat fast to the bank,
and clambering along the almost per
pendicular cliffs, managed to reach a
opposite his companion. After several
attempts, Russell managed to throw
rope to Monet, and the latter let
go his hold on the rock on which
his boat had strickland to which he
had chung FOR twenty minutes, and
went to the shore. From this point
was dragged through the rushing tor.
to the foot of the trail, distance of
five miles, Monet rode astride of the
steel-inclosed deck of Russell's boat.
With only one boat left the two
men have room for only six weeks.
provisions, already they have been
more than 100 days on the trip,
which is but little more than han
finished. AS there is not house on
the shores of the Colorado river be-.
tween here and The Needles, and
there is no likelihood of their seeing
human being until they reach that
point, it is necessary for them to
make this stretch Of more than 300
miles within forty-two days.