Field Notes: Surviving A Flash Flood in the Grand Canyon 🌊 (and Call for YOUR Stories!)

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✏️ Field Notes | Caught in the Current: Lessons from Surviving a Flash Flood in the Grand Canyon

In 2023, Angie got a life-changing opportunity to spend 21 days rafting through the Grand Canyon. On Day 13, a handful of mistakes led her group to be trapped in a side canyon during a flash flood. Hear about:

• How a group of 16 boaters unexpectedly found themselves in a flash flood in Arizona
• The self-rescue attempts and successes to safely get the group out of Havasu Canyon
• Angie's personal experience as a woman in a more experienced group
• The heuristic traps that led the group to make mistakes
• How being caught in the current gave Angie a new perspective on what it means to spend time on the river

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Hosted by Angie Marie Lake, edited by Alyson Castonguay, research assistance by Danielle Peecher