ISO Grand Canyon 2021 trip; another lottery fail!

I’m a very fit 61 year-old ER doctor, with lots of rafting, backpacking, and wilderness experience. I’ve helped organize and lead multi-family trips on the San Juan, Deso-Gray, Dolores, Ruby-Horsethief, and Gates of Lodore. Last March I joined my first GrandC raft trip, I rowed half the trip, up through Class 7 rapids; it was the best 3-week-long blind date ever. I’m a solid oarsman, but might not have quite the experience for rowing the entire Grand without following someone’s lines at...

ISO Grand Canyon 2021 trip; another lottery fail!