Retracing Powell’s Ultimate Colorado River Expedition

“Following in Powell’s footsteps, we’re rafting 1,000 miles from Wyoming to Nevada,” narrates filmmaker Ben Kraushaar all by way of the trailer for Powell 150.  Created by Kraushaar and Cody Perry, the film will doc a 72-day river journey by the Colorado River Basin, which retraced the route of Western explorer John Wesley Powell.

With sweeping footage of canyon ambiance and close-ups of pounding whitewater, one intention of the film is to share the exhilaration of such a go to. As rower Jessica Flock describes all by way of the trailer, “The adrenaline extreme that you just simply merely merely merely merely merely merely merely merely merely merely merely merely merely merely merely merely merely get is unexplainable, after which it sticks with you for days.”

All by way of the meantime, one totally totally totally totally totally totally totally totally fully totally totally totally fully totally fully totally totally fully totally fully completely totally different intention of Powell 150 is to boost consciousness of the collaborating only a few elements affecting the world’s inhabitants all by way of the 21^st century.

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Ben Kraushaar

“The river is over allotted,” outlined Kraushaar by e mail. “Native native native native native native native native native native native native climate change is posed to cut as shortly as further Colorado River Basin flows by 20 p.c by 2050. And Basin tribes, no matter being legally entitled to 20 p.c of the Basin’s water, are nonetheless combating for an equitable future.”

Capturing the spectacular footage was made fairly further sturdy by the every single day challenges confronted by the expedition. Cameras wished to be charged by voltaic vitality and shielded from sand and water damage. One near upset occurred in Cataract Canyon on the Colorado River, which was working extreme at 54,000 cfs when the expedition arrived on July 4, 2019.

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“Our lead boat and most educated oarsman flipped early all by way of the run,” talked about Kraushaar, describing a scene confirmed on the acceptable of the trailer. “Now now we’ve acquired now been determined to rescue our comrades and we had no pretty only a few nonetheless to cope with up up up up powering downriver. Our boat [Kraushaar and Perry], packed full of high-priced and delicate electronics, nearly flipped in a attribute usually usually usually usually usually normally usually usually usually sometimes typically referred to as Little Niagara. On the acceptable of the day, [the group] misplaced 5 oars, nonetheless no categorical categorical categorical particular particular categorical particular explicit explicit particular particular particular person drowned. Now now we’ve acquired now been so lucky.”

Powell 150 is scheduled to premiere by early 2021, and the crew is at current fundraising to cowl post-production costs.

E information Excerpt: “Paddling the John Wesley Powell Route”

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