Carnage at Crystal Rapid on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon
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3 жыл бұрынGrand Canyon Swim Team Motto: "Hit it Sideways..."
How not to row into Crystal Rapid on the Colorado River in the Grand Canyon at high water...or ever. Flip - everyone was ok and we got the raft back upright in under an hour.
July 29th, 2020
@trailerframeproductions142 3 жыл бұрын
If that's a good line I would love to see a bad one.
@BronsonLamb 3 жыл бұрын
Definitely not a recommended line...
@_shinaman_3972 2 жыл бұрын
That line is great if you want to learn what not to do during Crystal 🤣 10/10
@induss1491 7 күн бұрын
@@_shinaman_3972at that point i think he was saying it to hype them up bc he knew they were fucked
@johnrflinn 3 жыл бұрын
Good line, good line, hit it O O O oo oo OO O ufff, ufff, uffff
@ConquerYou 2 жыл бұрын
Good line! You got it, you got it! You don’t got it.
@stevedavis7522 3 жыл бұрын
I kept hearing good line good line. I said for what flipping? And guess what! Nasty swim on the right.
@charlesmcdonald5465 6 ай бұрын
Refreshing swim in the lovely calm waters of the Colorado!
@bobdobelina2336 2 ай бұрын
Put a chicken line on your boat!
@ConquerYou 2 жыл бұрын
This looks awesome! I want to do it.
@MrFg1980 3 жыл бұрын
Yer boat's swimmin' away, dude...
@grantlorje7140 3 жыл бұрын
I would like to do this one day. I am really inspired. This was peaked after listening to an album the called The River Speaks plainly by Pixie and the Partygrass Boys which led me to be currently reading The Emerald Mile.
@SarahHochstetler 6 күн бұрын
Roll on your back
@jimmcgregor4598 3 жыл бұрын
good line?
@_shinaman_3972 2 жыл бұрын
LMAO it would have been good if he kept pulling away from the center of the rapid 🤦🏻♂️🤷🏻♂️ at the very least he should have T-upped to the wave instead of going in sideways.
@JonHutman-qf7jv Ай бұрын
Nice friends, got the beers out of the water before you.
@stevedavis7522 Жыл бұрын
Why did you let go of the raft?
@tomfarnsworth950 10 ай бұрын
Went through Crystal successfully in 2018. Everyone said it was good to be ABC - Alive Below Crystal. Looked like a tough swim. That water is COLD!
@terryjohnson3888 Жыл бұрын
No flip lines on the boat? good for helping you climb back on top....
@induss1491 7 күн бұрын
right? how are you supposed to get up there and self-rescue?
@TheBunkerdog 3 жыл бұрын
Been though the hole twice in an 18 footer but hit it straight on made it both times
@induss1491 7 күн бұрын
yeah, sideways not recommended
@HDeeGardiner 3 жыл бұрын
That doesn't look fun. A long and tiring swim in really cold water. My daughter almost did the same thing. We were just a few weeks behind you. She was able to straighten it out just in time. We got some major air, but luckily did not flip.
@michaelhill56 2 жыл бұрын
So many things wrong here that I’m not gonna even bother to critique. Hopefully you learned a hard lesson from this “good line”
@charlesnorville9900 Жыл бұрын
As the rower with the mullet. I’ve been snakebit here by sneaking it right. Flipped 3 times. So the strategy was to use monentum and blow past it. Clearly misjudged it. But don’t forget.... we’re all between swims!
@SolomonRex1 Ай бұрын
You guys went right up the middle..never a good idea on this rapid. I’ve sneaked right a few times but have run it left most often….so fat…no flips there, but yes, we are all between flips
@TheBunkerdog 3 жыл бұрын
What size raft
@BronsonLamb 3 жыл бұрын
18 footer
@jimburton7308 3 ай бұрын
Swim to shore! Don’t just float downstream like a log!
@23jdizo 3 ай бұрын
It’s easier just to float down with the boat until they reach a calm eddy. Navigating downstream on the shoreline definitely isn’t easy or safe. As long as they have proper cold water gear on, they’re fine. What they could have is some sort of rope that allows them to pull themselves up onto the flipped raft. That way they can at least get out of the water. But they also get to stay with the boat. There are plenty of places we’re swimming to sure is the correct decision. Not here though.
@23jdizo 3 ай бұрын
It’s easier just to float down with the boat until they reach a calm eddy. Navigating downstream on the shoreline definitely isn’t easy or safe. As long as they have proper cold water gear on, they’re fine. What they could have is some sort of rope that allows them to pull themselves up onto the flipped raft. That way they can at least get out of the water. But they also get to stay with the boat. There are plenty of places we’re swimming to sure is the correct decision. Not here though. 5:14
@derekboe8925 4 ай бұрын
this looks easy
@mikekenney1947 8 ай бұрын
Not the line I’d take at Crystal. Jaws wide open and angled
@denisemead764 3 жыл бұрын
Way too long of a swim!
@marksimpson5439 Жыл бұрын
He need to pull alot harder and sooner ! It might of been those oar rights or wrongs
@kingsolomon8946 Жыл бұрын
That’s not a good line!!
@don7294 10 ай бұрын
You both should have been on the upturned raft within 30 seconds. Where was you safety?
@marksimpson5439 Жыл бұрын
Where is his help ?? Oh filming
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