Paddling the John Wesley Powell Route Judy Lee Vivier Once a showcase for amateur

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Paddling the John Wesley Powell Route Judy Lee Vivier Once a showcase for amateurOn May 24, 1869, John Wesley Powell and nine crewmen in four wooden rowboats set off down the Green River to map the final blank spot on the American map. Three months later, six ragged men in only two boats emerged from the Grand Canyon. And what happened along the rugged 1,000 river miles in between quickly became the stuff of legend. Today, the JWP route offers some of the most adventurous paddling in the United States. Across six southwestern