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...Grand Canyon has ballooned from 2 million to more than 5 million. If you want to paddle down the Grand Canyon on your own, without hiring a commercial outfitter, the waiting list for boating permits is now so long that you won't be able to launch your raft until 2012 at the soonest...
...continually interview members about the group dynamics and conflicts, much as MTV's voyeuristic epics Real World and Road Rules do. ("Ian just never, like, respected my personal needs. He refused to suck the venom out of my leg.") To boost the conflict, producers will also include mini-competitions (raft building, nature quizzes) for creature comforts like pillows and soft drinks. And they'll seek contestants of all ages (21 and over), regions of the country and walks of life (an application is available at www.cbs.com...
...decided we'd have to abandon ship. Five minutes before we did, we heard over the radio that the Coast Guard had somebody on the way. We launched our life raft at about 8 in the morning in 55-ft. seas with 60-knot winds. It wasn't the easiest thing to do. Five men were able to get into it, and we tied it to the tug with a pair of lines. We wanted to pass things from the boat--flares and stuff--to the raft, and then climb in ourselves. But one rope broke, and then the other...
...boat. To be honest, I was scared to death. We had life jackets on and life rings, but the life rings took off when we jumped, about 15 ft. into the water from the port side. We grabbed a broomstick to stay together and tried to paddle toward the raft, which was 300 yds. away. It was obvious that wouldn't work, and we knew we had to conserve our energy. Unlike the guys in the raft, we had an emergency locator beacon so the Coast Guard could find...
Arguably, the preponderance of Harvard scholars on Bush's team will not hurt the candidate. After all, he also has a raft of advisers from his native Texas and from the conservative Hoover Institute at Stanford University in California...