Riding The Fast And Furious Flow Of Content

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In 1983, high spring temperatures quickly melted a record snowpack in the Rockies, causing torrents of water to come roaring down into the Colorado River Basin and the Glen Canyon Dam. Fearing the largest dam failure in history, engineers frantically worked to stabilize it. They released huge amounts of water into the Colorado River below and closed it to rafting. But one night, a group of legendary river guides secretly launched a hand-built wooden dory—the Emerald Mile—into the raging river. Using the torrential dam output like a “hydraulic slingshot,” they rode the ferocious white water to set an all-time speed record for the 277-mile journey.

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