1.
INTENSE: EXISTING IN AN EXTREME DEGREE
4.
RUNOFF: THIS LED TO THE RIVER BEING TWICE THE SIZE
5.
BROTHERS AND FRIENDS: PEOPLE I WENT WITH
7.
GEAR: EVERYTHING WE HAD TO CARRY ON THE RIVER
8.
GUIDES: PEOPLE SHOWING US THE WAY
9.
BUSES: OUR TRANSPORTATION TO THE RIVER
10.
RAFTS: OUR TRANSPORTATION ON THE RIVER
11.
DUCKIES: NICKNAME FOR THE INFLATABLE KAYAKS
12.
MATTHEW: MY PARTNER ON THE DUCKY
13.
BALANCE: THIS WAS DIFFICULT TO MAINTAIN ON THE DUCKY
14.
CABOOSE: THE LAST RAFT IN THE CARAVAN
15.
LEAD: FIRST RAFT IN THE CARAVAN
16.
FRIGID: TEMPERATURE OF THE WATER
17.
CALM: HOW THE RIVER WAS INITIALLY
18.
RAPIDS: TURBULENT PATCHES IN THE RIVER
19.
LIGHTNING: THIS WAS FLASHING IN THE SKY
20.
STORMS: WHAT BEGAN TO FORM IN THE SKY
21.
RAIN AND HAIL: WHAT BEGAN FALLING FROM THE SKY
22.
BRUISES AND CUTS: INJURIES FROM THE WEATHER
23.
UNEASY AND SCARED: HOW I STARTED TO FEEL
24.
REFUGE: WHAT WE COULD NOT FIND ANYWHERE ON THE RIVER
25.
CLIFFS AND DESERT: WHAT WE WERE SURROUNDED BY
26.
RESCUE ROPE: LAST LINE OF SAFETY ON THE RIVER
27.
COLORADO RIVER: THE RIVER WE WERE ON
28.
POINT OF NO RETURN: VIOLENT PART OF THE RIVER
29.
PADDLES: WHAT MATTHEW AND I HAD TO RETRIEVE
30.
MORTAL DANGER: THE STATE WE WERE IN AT ONE POINT
31.
WILL TO LIVE: THE ONLY THING KEEPING US ALIVE
32.
EXTRACTION POINT: THE BEACH WE GOT OFF ON
33.
CLOUDBURST: THE NAME OF THE LARGEST RAPID
34.
THRASHED: WHAT HAPPENED TO US ON CLOUDBURST
35.
TRIUMPHANTLY INVINCIBLE: WHAT WE WERE
