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Dec 2022
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119: Swimming the Colorado River. Grand ...

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Join us this week as we follow two friends down the Colorado River. When they have limited funds to kayak or raft the river like most - Bill Beer and John Daggett decide to swim it instead. The guys are having the adventure of their lives - all while the Park Service has issued a massive rescue mission to find them. In their words, this is a cheap vacation that got a little out of hand.

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Resources: Advantage Grand Cayon, NPS
Book: We Swam the Grand Canyon by Bill Beer
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