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This page contains a portfolio of images taken bySteve Kossackon a shoot in the Grand Canyon on a Colorado River rafting trip in May,  2000. Additional work by Steve can also be seenhere.
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For two decades or more I've wanted to see the Grand Canyon from the Colorado River. That is, from one end to the otheronthe river. In 1988 my son and I made the descent and climb from the South Rim to Phantom Ranch. We did the "freeway." Down the South Kaibab and back up the Bright Angel. It just wetted the appetite. 
I've been to Tuweep many times. It overlooks Lava Falls (one of the Colorado's #10 class rapids). I even spent a number of days with the crew at the Bar 10 Ranch and flew into the canyon on their helicopter. It further wetted the appetite. I've spent many days on numerous trips on the North Rim in seasons when its open. I've even been chased out by snow storms in an open Jeep! 
A couple of times! I've been on the South Rim and the Powell Plateau a...

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