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Dan Dunphy
 
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Default Upper Animas First Descent: RFI

No, Bill Tuthill is a Colorado Springs Vetinarian. I have met two
others, Bill's dad, and the father of a lady who lived down the
street, 20 years ago. They were both from new England, and knew each
other in colledge.
I don't know our California Bill Tuthill, other than his posts here.
Dan

On Wed, 11 Feb 2004 22:13:42 +0100, Wilko wrote:

(Crossposted from RBP.WW)

On 6 Jan 2004 09:58:03 -0800, (Ted Compton) wrote:
Anyone have info on who did the first descent? When? What equipment?
I wouldn't be surprised if one of you is out there listening right
now. Just interested for my own knowledge.


Dan Dunphy wrote:
Fletcher Anderson refers to this run (Siverton to Rockwood), in his
book, Rivers of the Southwest. My copy is 1982.

Doug Wheat took a 10 year sabattical to research his book, released in
1983, and had run it numerous times before we built boats in Apr/May
1983. Sometime during this time, Bill Tuthill, of Colorado Springs,
climed out of the canyon with a dislocated shoulder. They had to walk
back in to get the boats and gear.


I wonder if this is the same Bill Tuthill that frequents RBP... I think
he now lives in California. He might be able to shed some light on this.

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