My future wife and I hiked the full length of this canyon over four days in June 1977 from the Crystal dam to the confluence of the Gunnison River and the North Fork of the Gunnison. We were both attending Western State College in Gunnison and decided to do this during a week break between spring and summer terms to avoid the boredom of the break.. We did it with two back packs, a $25 one man plastic inflatable raft and a lot of young confidence of being bulletproof. We used the raft one time through narrows. I have no idea how many times we swam the river to get to where we could walk as the river goes from wall to wall for miles and miles. Also it was an experience in climbing over rocks the size of houses which from the rim of the canyon look like small boulders. At one point the entire river disappeared under the gigantic rockfall. The experience of a lifetime.
My future wife and I hiked the full length of this canyon over four days in June 1977 from the Crystal dam to the confluence of the Gunnison River and the North Fork of the Gunnison.
We were both attending Western State College in Gunnison and decided to do this during a week break between spring and summer terms to avoid the boredom of the break..
We did it with two back packs, a $25 one man plastic inflatable raft and a lot of young confidence of being bulletproof. We used the raft one time through narrows. I have no idea how many times we swam the river to get to where we could walk as the river goes from wall to wall for miles and miles.
Also it was an experience in climbing over rocks the size of houses which from the rim of the canyon look like small boulders. At one point the entire river disappeared under the gigantic rockfall.
The experience of a lifetime.
This might be my favorite response to a video ever. Love that adventurous spirit. Hope you and your wife are still getting out there!
Where did you put in and take out ?
Yeah Timmy!!!!
what level on the gage was this?
I believe it was right around 680