National Geographic Adventure Magazine - May 2006
The Grandest River
By Kimberly Brown Seely
Colorado River, Arizona
There is no place else on Earth like the Grand Canyon: You can float through stupendous geology, touch nearly two-billion-year-old rocks, play Frisbee in enormous stone amphitheaters, and ride out Lava and Crystal Falls – some of the biggest white water in the world and a guaranteed reality check for even the most brazen teens. Of the countless Grand Canyon option, the best is an eight-day float from Phantom Ranch to Whitmore Wash with river experts O.A.R.S. The outfitter’s founder, George Wendt, has run family-oriented excursions down the Colorado since being granted one of the river’s first permits in 1969.
YOU CAN scramble up a narrow slot canyon with your spouse
WHILE YOUR KIDS splash beneath hidden waterfalls in Havasu Canyon
THE WHOLE FAMILY WILL LOVE braving Lava Falls, the river’s
most notorious rapid
Have you run the wild ones?
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