This is volume I of fun, insightful, and inspiring verse about one of the most exciting adventures possible ? whitewater trips on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. Long time rafting guide and instructor Bruce Cline, a veteran of twelve non-commercial trips through the Grand Canyon, including ten solos, offers readers a seat-of-the-pants perspective on the exhilarating, sometimes frightening, always challenging, and thoroughly enjoyable adventure of tackling and surviving world class whitewater in a majestically beautiful and often challenging environment. The poems in this first of three volumes will surely pique the interest of the curious, provide insights into the experience of negotiating sometimes treacherous rapids, underscore the uniqueness of this amazing wilderness, and affirm the memories of veteran boaters.