In early February I received the opportunity to film a crew floating home-built replica riverboats down the Grand Canyon. I spent ten days on the river and traveled 86 miles.

The crew's mission was two-fold. First, to reintroduce historic craft to the river—the brightly-colored, wood and fiberglass boats last plied the waters of the Colorado River more than half a century ago. Second, the crew aims to document changes in the Grand Canyon over those same intervening years, most notably as a result of Glen Canyon Dam and the explosive growth of river running. To this end, they hope to replicate more than 250 photographs taken between 1955 and 1959.

Footage was shot on the Panasonic AF 100
Music:
Moonlight Sonata
Mat The Alien