Just a quick hit of what its like to pull into one of the most beautiful, spiritual places on earth.

Larry Stevens, P.H.D., wrote and sings this song of the endangered native fish, with a little help from his friends.

It starts with a quote from Teddy Roosevelt, following passages from Kevin Fedarko's wonderful Emerald Mile. This is where Martin Litton, founder of Grand Canyon Dories, convinces the board of the Sierra Club to fight the proposed Grand Canyon dams.

This is an updated version of when the Bureau of Wreck The Nation nearly lost Glen Canyon Damn, then of course came up with all sorts of reasons why it wasn't their fault. Read The Emerald Mile for some great history on that plus the dory speed run on 100,000 cfs! We river runners got the rides of our lives. At the first presentation of this compilation at the Guides Training Seminar, the few remaining guides who'd been there all came up to me and said: "What the f**k were we thinking?" ;-) Other guides get sick of us silverbacks retelling the tale, but it was a milestone in our lives. Anyone with any footage or photos of that event please contact me. Enjoy!

You can't really "see" the left run when scouting from the right shore... so most "privates" end up running right. Trouble is... if you screw up the right run, you're going into Upset Hole and that's a likely flip. But if you can "grok" the left run, even if you ain't perfect (like me), you'll still come out smellin' like a rose!

Mary Jo West's PBS special from 1992 on Jumping Mouse Camp's first ever disabled river trips in Grand Canyon. These pioneer river trips were co-sponsored by the City of Phoenix Parks and Rec, Grand Canyon National Park, and some commercial river outfitters. They continue in the form of the “River of Dreams” project, which has helped hundreds of folks with disabilities see the Grand Canyon from the Colorado River.