WhenClydeEddyfirstsawtheColoradoRiverin1919,hevowedthathewouldsomedaytravelitslength.Eightyearslater,Eddyrecruitedahandfulofcollegestudentstoserveascrewmenandloadedthem,ahobo,amongreldog,abearcub,andaheavymotionpicturecameraintothreemahoganyboatsandleftGreenRiver,Utah,headedforNeedles,California.Forty-twodaysandeighthundredmileslater,theywerethefirsttosuccessfullynavigatetheriverduringitsannualhighwaterperiod.Thisbookistheoriginalnarrativeofthatfoolhardyandthrillingadventure.“Thepointofhisgreatadventureisnottomakeanameforhimself,ortoprofitfromadocumentaryfilm,oreventoprovethatquietmenofintellectcanbeascourageousasbrawnyfrontiersmen.Thepointisthejourneyitself,thesatisfactionofattemptingthenearimpossible,andofsurvivingtotellthetale.“--PeterMiller,NationalGeographicMagazine,fromtheForeword
