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Video: CdA raft guide launched into Lava Falls

Grand Canyon rafters head into the thick of things at Lava Falls of the Colorado River.
Grand Canyon rafters head into the thick of things at Lava Falls of the Colorado River.

WATERSPORTS -- Jonah Grubb of Coeur d'Alene didn't have to worry about taking a bath on the recent day he guided rafters through the Grand Canyon's notoriously wet and wild Lava Falls rapid.

This amazing helmet cam video documents the deep hole the raft plunged into, ejecting Grubb from the rear rowing seat. 

Yes, that's the sky his feet are pointing toward before he does a little submarine action in the Colorado River. Yowzur!



Rich Landers
Rich Landers joined The Spokesman-Review in 1977. He is the Outdoors editor for the Sports Department writing and photographing stories about hiking, hunting, fishing, boating, conservation, nature and wildlife and related topics.

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