Biography of America's great river runner, Buzz Holmstrom: the first to run the Green and Colorado Rivers alone in 1937. Born in the coastal logging communities of coastal Oregon, Holmstrom built his own wooden boats and soloed several of the country's great whitewater rivers. He died mysteriously on the Grande Ronde River at age 37.
Language
English
Pages
290
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Fretwater Press
Release
August 01, 2004
ISBN
1892327074
ISBN 13
9781892327079
The Doing of the Thing: The Brief Brilliant Whitewater Career of Buzz Holmstrom
Biography of America's great river runner, Buzz Holmstrom: the first to run the Green and Colorado Rivers alone in 1937. Born in the coastal logging communities of coastal Oregon, Holmstrom built his own wooden boats and soloed several of the country's great whitewater rivers. He died mysteriously on the Grande Ronde River at age 37.