
By Max Finkelstein and Constance Downes There is a moment when all talk stops. The water is glassy smooth, inexorably pulling the raft into the ‘V’ towards a thin line where the river seems to end. A few wrinkles appear in the surface of the water as the raft accelerates smoothly. All discussion is over. There is no going back now. The mind-deafening roar of the rapids inexplicably fades away. There is just you and the river. This is our favorite moment. Twenty-six years. That’s how long it took to get a permit to run the Colorado River. Permits for […] Read More