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Buzz Holmstrom, who in 1937 was the first person to solo boat through the Grand Canyon, was an enigma; resourceful and strong, yet soulful and introspective. He saw poetry and inspiration on a journey where many would only focus on survival and overwhelming logistics. Xeroxed copies of Buzz’s poignant journals, treasured and avidly read for…
Grand Canyon Youth Benefits From AzRA Guests In 2008, on a sunny morning float on a Colorado River rafting trip, a provoking conversation took place among the guests in AzRA Guide Bill Mobley’s raft just above Diamond Creek. The guests were conversing over the fact they were going to throw out half-used bottles of sunscreen…
Carving Grand Canyon-A Book Review This award winning book, Carving Grand Canyon, is perfect for both geologists and tourists alike. Wayne Ranney’s broad, lucid and all-encompassing perspective of the Grand Canyon region is refreshingly unbiased. This is uncommon in a field where there are many passionate claims about the formation of Grand Canyon. Ranney likens…
River and Desert Plants of the Grand Canyon, is the first-ever comprehensive Grand Canyon plant guide. Authors Kristin Huisinga, Lori Makarick and Kate Watters work with over eighty collaborators to create content devoted to the plants that live below the canyon rims. The guide features beautiful color photographs and detail line drawings of more than…
Grand Canyon Rapids Grand Canyon rapids are known for being big, wet, and intimidating, but few Grand Canyon rapids are referred to as technical. Technical rapids require making a move, or change in direction, when navigating a rapid. The more moves made, the more technical a rapid. Most Grand Canyon rapids only require the guide…
Grand Canyon Google Map An Arizona Raft Adventures rafting trip makes the Grand Canyon Google Map as new feature, hiking the Bright Angel trail in Grand Canyon, street side view! If you have never checked out Google Maps, you should! There, you can explore the world from the comforts of your home. And now, Google…
While most people realize that the ecosystems of the Grand Canyon are very different between the cool pine-treed clad high elevation rims and the dry and hot cactus dotted bottom, most people are not aware that the floor of the canyon has three different desert ecosystems within its walls. In Grand Canyon, plants from three…
On the way home from Diamond Creek, I asked Margeaux, a new Grand Canyon river guide with AzRA, what she had learned on the 8–day motor trip we had just completed. “I certainly learned to read water and how to drive the boat better, but mostly I learned more about what it is to be…
