Grand Canyon National Park - River Trip Orientation Video - Chapter 1 (U.S. National Park Service)

Introduction to the River Orientation Video

Grand Canyon National Park's 40 Minute River Orientation Video has been broken down into 12 topic-specific chapters for easy downloading. If you would prefer to download the 40 minute program in two large files (as presented on the DVD the park includes with a non-commercial river trip permit) scroll down to the botttom of this page. Both Windows Media and Quicktime versions are available here.

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Non-Commercial River Trip Orientation Video
Chapter 1 - Duration 5:38
An Introduction to Colorado River Running

To preview this chapter: (Quicktime movie)
Click on the player, then click on the play button.
Or, copy and paste the link below into your Quicktime Player.
http://mms.nps.gov/ram/imr/river0012.mov
or visit the

Download link for the Windows Media Player Version:

Download the Transcript for Chapter One (16kb PDF File)

Continue to the Next Chapter (2) Water Temperature and Flow Variations

River Trip Orientation Video - Chapter Menu

Chapter	Topic	Duration
01)	Introduction	5:38
02)	Water Temperature and Flow Variations	3:01
03)	Low Impact Camping	2:46
04)	Personal Hygiene and River Illness	2:19
05)	The Kitchen	2:14
06)	Food and Hydration	1:05
07)	Accidents	3:37
08)	Grand Canyon Wildlife	2:08
09)	Location Restrictions	5:23
10)	Day Use Areas	4:08
11)	Conclusion and Program Credits	3:05
12)	Diamond Creek to Lake Mead	3:27
14)	Native American Perspectives	5:40

Download the program in two large Files
(the same as on the River Orientation DVD the park includes with a non-commercial permit)

1) Lee's Ferry to Diamond Creek 36:00 (50.6MB MOV File) or (44.1MB WMV File)
Includes chapters 1-11 in the menu above. Download the Transcript (109kb PDF File)

Copy and paste this link into your Quicktime Player:
http://mms.nps.gov/ram/imr/LeeF-Diamond36.mov

Here is the link for the Windows Media Player Version:
http://mms.nps.gov/ram/imr/36_river.wmv

2) Diamond Creek To Lake Mead 3:27 (4.66MB MOV File) or (5.27MB WMV File)
Includes chapter 12 in the menu above. (12kb PDF File)

Copy and paste this link into your Quicktime Player:
http://mms.nps.gov/ram/imr/Diamond-Lame3-27.mov

Here is the link for the Windows Media Player Version:
http://mms.nps.gov/ram/imr/diam-lame.wmv