Martin, Ed Abbey and several others from the WWII generation left a high water mark for stating what few others of their generation dared say. There is something greater in the world besides comfort and money. Wilderness is essential.
Reading the Emerald Mile by Kevin Fearco and this film significantly helps to appreciate the book. A great story in book and film. Thank you Pete and all others behind this film!!
As a rower of a precursor to the grand canyon dory, a Rogue River dory, a favorite video is: Prince Helfrich: Down the Wild Owyhee. Helfrich was a pioneer river runner. Sitting dory's were made by Jerry Briggs in Grant's Pass Oregon. See Roger Fletchers book: Drift Boats and River Dories for their history.
The environmental movement lost a true champion when Martin died. But we soldier on. The irony of the current climate crisis is that champions like Martin and Sequoia ForestKeeper, have always seen the folly of man chasing dollars instead of protecting the very things that make profit possible. Thank you to OARS for continuing Martin's mission on the rivers.
It has been a year since I first watched Martin's boats, since then I've watched this video any day I have felt down or needed inspiration. also in that time I've learned skills, earned certificates and returned to my passions of nature. Now I guide students through the mountains of Alberta by rafts, canoes, bikes and maybe a dory one day! My other passion is wood and everything to do with it. Growing, harvesting and building with it sustainably . anything made out of wood is far more beautiful. Just wanted to let you know Martin is still changing lives, wish I could have met him. A true influencer.
As a drift boat oarsman this film speaks to me in a spiritual dimension I’ve watched it more times than I can count and it always reveals something new I come from Oregon the home of the McKenzie river drift boat this film is haunting it calls to me guru out
I worked as a guide on the Middle Fork of the Salmon in the 70s. Martin and his OARS team ran the Middle Fork then as well as the Grand Canyon. Our paths would regularly cross as their regular start dates were the day before ours. The OARS dories were the only ones on the river.
I've been waiting to win a Grand Canyon permit lottery for 20 years now, but this film will make the trip when I do win even more special. Thank you Martin for all you did - your legacy lives on.
My father took my brother and I on a Grand Canyon trip with Oars back in 2003 and Duffy was one of the guides on our trip. It was a trip of a lifetime and changed me for the better. We we're down there for a month and I never saw one cloud, had the best Thanksgiving meal ever, and was the first boat on our trip through Lava Falls! I'll never forget that trip. I see video and pictures from inside the canyon and I know where they are, I know the rocks, the beaches, and the canyons. They will be a part of me forever, I crave to be with them again, and fear I never will. The boat after ours through Lava Falls flipped and one of the passengers got stuck under the boat. She was rescued and had a huge gash on her forehead (you could see her skull). The guide lead used a satellite phone to call for a air evac. A helicopter landed inside the canyon, the "very concerned" husband of the injured lady ran right to the pilot and asked "Did the Cubbies make the series!?" The injured lady was in Vegas later that night playing slots. Other than that and running out of beer in the second week it was a trip of a lifetime! Thank you Dad, thank you Oars, and thank you Mr. Litton.
I can’t believe one single person would not like this video. Must still be some people pissed about not getting their grand reservoir. I absolutely loved the tribute!! I just finished reading The Emerald Mile and I highly recommend it. I’ve also been online checking out Jeff Spira’s Dory plans……. And lastly, an old high school friend of mine and I are planning a guided dory trip in the GC. Thank you!!!!!
I absolutely loved this! Gave me chills. Got to meet the Littons once... Sent it to friends to watch before their first OARS lower Salmon trips. ~ Donna Parks
Please allow me to relate a magical day that I had this June. Because of the covid-19 pandemic the Grand Canyon had no River traffic and no overnight hiking allowed. I walked to both ends of the horseshoe of Horseshoe Mesa and saw no one but three people I had seen walking earlier in the morning on the trail. I had the whole place to myself it seemed. Magical.
I keep coming back to these videos. I've been down there in those Dories. It's magic. This video captures some of that. Duff, Roger, Regan, Andre cooking steaks and teaching us about rocks ... All of them. Very special people doing a very special thing.
Beautiful story and wonderful man. I grew up in Arizona and although I live in New York state, I still have a dream of floating down the Mighty Colorado.
Awesome... I grew up in Bakersfield California and had access to the Killer ' Kern River...me and my buddy Jon Hash and Bryan Hanners would Fill the ice Chest with Beer and set out on the River!! So much Fun!!!!🌊🌊🌊
As a young man I felt like it was a religious experience to go down that river and when you look back and see those things years later it’s amazing rush of emotions thank you for what you do!
beautiful! I wish that all american people would feel and keep this spirit alive, especially n o w.....and in front of this election in nov.20! thanks for this touching, inspiring movie🦋🦎
Very few things can come close to illustrating the magical pull of the Canyon. This film does a tremendous job of that. There are places in that Canyon that are so beautiful that it cannot be put into words. Or even photos. You FEEL the beauty in its presence. Absolutely humbling experience. I really think it changes you for the better. Been from top to bottom with OARS. My dad took me, and now I am waiting for my son to be old enough. Trip of a lifetime.
Another great read is "Breaking into the Current" by Louise Teal. It deals with the history and struggles of boat-women gaining acceptance in the Grand Canyon. Mighty fine reading!
Wow......what I life lived to the end, 87 years old rowing through the grand Canyon in an open boat.....and playing such a huge role in keeping the rest of the river undammed... there are few like him in this world.....Thanks OARS for putting this out there !!
Thank you for this beautiful tribute. Makes me so thankful for the time I have spent in those places. Nothing is more exhilarating than being on the river!
I remember flying over the Grand Canyon and being mesmerised by the size and beauty of it. Wish I'd had the chance to go down it in one of these Dories!
thank-you for this beautiful tribute .. I did a Diamond rafting adventure July 2007 and was inspired by the beauty and purity of the dories that we saw traversing the river. Your video gives an extraordinary insight into the passion for the wooden boats combined with the love of a truly most special place on Earth. I would love to come back and do a complete river trip aboard one of these ..
I have hiked the canyon from both sides several times. Always wanted to go down the full length of the river. I've watched them loading up at Lee's Ferry with great envy lots of times. I'm an Englishman who has found the cost outside of my reach, but really enjoyed going down with you in your dory by video, so thankyou.
Martin and his dories are every bit the equivalent of Stradivarius and his violins, or Michaelangelo and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. If we had 10 more men like him, we could literally change the world.
Hatts Off to all river legend's thanks for giving us a lovely platforms our rafting industry and we can travel through the Rivers and explore the whole country 🙏🙏🙏
Incredible man, incredible place, thank heavens he fought for such a beautiful landscape. I must say travelling the Grand Canyon in a dory is now on my bucket list! I come from a fishing village and my ancestors used dories for fishing in rough seas, only stands to reason they would be awesome on white water rapids! Thanks for sharing this wonderful documentary.
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Awesome video. Beautiful boats. From what I understand Martin named his dories after lost or compromised national treasures, for that reason I would have named the new dory Martin Litton. He save some incredible places for all to enjoy.
Wow what a beautiful piece of film! I met Martin Litton in 1981 at the end of the canyon 18 day trip. Regan Dale was our trip leader and Ote saw us off at Lees Ferry...am I remembering a baby just being born at that time to Regan and Ote...would that have been Duffy? Like father like son so glad he's following in his Dads footsteps. What a "Grand" trip that was and what memories I have from then. Have so much respect for all who ventured us through the canyon and I'm wondering now where all my "slides" I took are right now. I need to get them put on digital format to enjoy once again. Thanks again, my best to all of you! Jim Farnham
Precioso video. Mi experiencia más fuerte fue en Chile, bajando en balsa la parte más fuerte de un hermoso río llamado Bio Bio, que sus rápidos -6 (menos 6) eran fuertisimos....Tiempo después de esta increible aventura, hicieron una gran Represa. Muchos chilenos kayakistas lloramos esta terrible "destruccion"
Thank you Pete. Once again you have the power and ability of a person with passion. The things we do and the images and words we leave behind most certainly matter.
Beautiful film, Pete McBride..great job. Sure wish you could have squeezed even just one woman's sharing into the story... It's not like they aren't there.
Martin, Ed Abbey and several others from the WWII generation left a high water mark for stating what few others of their generation dared say. There is something greater in the world besides comfort and money. Wilderness is essential.
Reading the Emerald Mile by Kevin Fearco and this film significantly helps to appreciate the book. A great story in book and film. Thank you Pete and all others behind this film!!
I am reading that right now and it is also what brought me here to appreciate it better.
One of my all time favorite films ever made period!
Wow - we're super honored to hear you say that! Thank you!
As a rower of a precursor to the grand canyon dory, a Rogue River dory, a favorite video is: Prince Helfrich: Down the Wild Owyhee.
Helfrich was a pioneer river runner. Sitting dory's were made by Jerry Briggs in Grant's Pass Oregon. See Roger Fletchers book: Drift Boats and River Dories for their history.
The environmental movement lost a true champion when Martin died. But we soldier on. The irony of the current climate crisis is that champions like Martin and Sequoia ForestKeeper, have always seen the folly of man chasing dollars instead of protecting the very things that make profit possible. Thank you to OARS for continuing Martin's mission on the rivers.
It has been a year since I first watched Martin's boats, since then I've watched this video any day I have felt down or needed inspiration. also in that time I've learned skills, earned certificates and returned to my passions of nature. Now I guide students through the mountains of Alberta by rafts, canoes, bikes and maybe a dory one day! My other passion is wood and everything to do with it. Growing, harvesting and building with it sustainably . anything made out of wood is far more beautiful. Just wanted to let you know Martin is still changing lives, wish I could have met him. A true influencer.
I had the beautiful experience of riding through Crystal and Lava Falls rapids in Martin's boat, rowed by another legend, Lew Steiger.
We need a lot of Martins around the world to save our beautifull nature,i am a guy from germany who enjoys mother nature by boat
As a drift boat oarsman this film speaks to me in a spiritual dimension I’ve watched it more times than I can count and it always reveals something new I come from Oregon the home of the McKenzie river drift boat this film is haunting it calls to me guru out
This is beautiful; what a legend. Thank you, Martin.
Thank you Sherry!
Lovely story about Martin Litton and Grand Canyon 🛶🛶🛶🛶pat in Ireland 🇮🇪
Naming dories after places lost or compromised is a touching tribute to the
So glad people like Martin did so much to preserve this Canyon.
I'm in tears..wishing I had gotten the privilege to have met Martin.
Beautiful story. Made me cry. Thanks for this fine film.
How amazing, to have someone make a film about you!
I worked as a guide on the Middle Fork of the Salmon in the 70s. Martin and his OARS team ran the Middle Fork then as well as the Grand Canyon. Our paths would regularly cross as their regular start dates were the day before ours. The OARS dories were the only ones on the river.
Very nice. Shows canyon, river, very big rapids with dories. Thanks for sharing.
I've been waiting to win a Grand Canyon permit lottery for 20 years now, but this film will make the trip when I do win even more special. Thank you Martin for all you did - your legacy lives on.
My father took my brother and I on a Grand Canyon trip with Oars back in 2003 and Duffy was one of the guides on our trip. It was a trip of a lifetime and changed me for the better. We we're down there for a month and I never saw one cloud, had the best Thanksgiving meal ever, and was the first boat on our trip through Lava Falls! I'll never forget that trip. I see video and pictures from inside the canyon and I know where they are, I know the rocks, the beaches, and the canyons. They will be a part of me forever, I crave to be with them again, and fear I never will.
The boat after ours through Lava Falls flipped and one of the passengers got stuck under the boat. She was rescued and had a huge gash on her forehead (you could see her skull). The guide lead used a satellite phone to call for a air evac. A helicopter landed inside the canyon, the "very concerned" husband of the injured lady ran right to the pilot and asked "Did the Cubbies make the series!?"
The injured lady was in Vegas later that night playing slots.
Other than that and running out of beer in the second week it was a trip of a lifetime!
Thank you Dad, thank you Oars, and thank you Mr. Litton.
So thrilled the trip has stuck with you all these years. Sounds like a memorable one!
Stunning boat! Wow! The Grand Canyon is beautiful! Great film!
Gorgeous, thanks fir the ride
Martin, you are an inspiration to us all!
Great story !! Thank God for people like Martin.
Que aventuras más maravillosas...sólo para valientes
This is simply wonderful.
Nice movie, beautiful story, fantastic nature
I can’t believe one single person would not like this video. Must still be some people pissed about not getting their grand reservoir. I absolutely loved the tribute!! I just finished reading The Emerald Mile and I highly recommend it. I’ve also been online checking out Jeff Spira’s Dory plans……. And lastly, an old high school friend of mine and I are planning a guided dory trip in the GC.
Thank you!!!!!
Age 87, and still running. That is beyond legendary. RIP Martin!
I absolutely loved this! Gave me chills. Got to meet the Littons once... Sent it to friends to watch before their first OARS lower Salmon trips.
~ Donna Parks
Martin Litton was a true champion. Our beautiful Rivers deserve all the protection we can give them.
We need more people like Martin today to fight Trump's damage to our previous resources...
Please allow me to relate a magical day that I had this June. Because of the covid-19 pandemic the Grand Canyon had no River traffic and no overnight hiking allowed. I walked to both ends of the horseshoe of Horseshoe Mesa and saw no one but three people I had seen walking earlier in the morning on the trail. I had the whole place to myself it seemed. Magical.
Thank you. COVID was a rough time for us with OARS, but it’s cool to hear that someone enjoyed the place
A beautiful and fair tribute to a man who fights for nature.
Congratulations to the creators.
I keep coming back to these videos. I've been down there in those Dories. It's magic. This video captures some of that. Duff, Roger, Regan, Andre cooking steaks and teaching us about rocks ... All of them. Very special people doing a very special thing.
Beautiful story and wonderful man. I grew up in Arizona and although I live in New York state, I still have a dream of floating down the Mighty Colorado.
Great Stuff and Gritt
Awesome...
I grew up in Bakersfield California and had access to the Killer '
Kern River...me and my buddy Jon Hash and Bryan Hanners would Fill the ice Chest with Beer and set out on the River!! So much Fun!!!!🌊🌊🌊
Wonderful! A voice of beauty and power for a place and river of the same. Thank you for the beautiful film.
Beautiful.........
As a young man I felt like it was a religious experience to go down that river and when you look back and see those things years later it’s amazing rush of emotions thank you for what you do!
So glad I watched this. I had never heard of Martin before. Now I want to experience this with my son. What an amazing story. I will do this.
beautiful! I wish that all american people would feel and keep this spirit alive, especially n o w.....and in front of this election in nov.20!
thanks for this touching, inspiring movie🦋🦎
Very few things can come close to illustrating the magical pull of the Canyon.
This film does a tremendous job of that. There are places in that Canyon that are so beautiful that it cannot be put into words. Or even photos. You FEEL the beauty in its presence. Absolutely humbling experience. I really think it changes you for the better.
Been from top to bottom with OARS. My dad took me, and now I am waiting for my son to be old enough. Trip of a lifetime.
Incredible
I, too, met Martin at the beginning of a 21 day Grand Canyon Dory trip in 1984 (head boatman Bego). Still one of the highlights of my life.
I am glad he was loved and honored.😉🇨🇦
Well done!
Peter McBride is an absolutely amazing artist. This film is a beautiful piece of art. An appropriate tribute to a good man and an amazing legacy.
I'm in the middle of the emerald mile right now. Absolutely riveting story!
Love that book! Incredible story.
Another great read is "Breaking into the Current" by Louise Teal. It deals with the history and struggles of boat-women gaining acceptance in the Grand Canyon. Mighty fine reading!
That book is , kinda, about my father.
Thank you Martin, for fighting to preserve “OUR GRAND CANYON “!
I enjoyed this. Thank you!
Great video - many thanks!
Great story.A giant amongst men.
Wow! Thank you for sharing about Mr. Litton. A true Mover+ Shaker!
Thanks for posting and sharing. Very encouraging.
RIP Martin... Thank you for your fight to preserve the Grand. May the sun shine on your face and the wind be at your back. SYOTR...
Very special man, thank you.
Thank You. I was captivated.
Great Documentary !! really enjoyed it RIP Martin 🙏🏽
Extraordinary film.
I love the love that this man inspired in others.
That was excellent! An outstanding memoir to a great man.
Wow......what I life lived to the end, 87 years old rowing through the grand Canyon in an open boat.....and playing such a huge role in keeping the rest of the river undammed... there are few like him in this world.....Thanks OARS for putting this out there !!
Was fortunate to go down the river in May of 2019 with Duffy as our boatman. Absolutly a life changing experience. Thank God for Martin Litton!
Thank you for this beautiful tribute. Makes me so thankful for the time I have spent in those places. Nothing is more exhilarating than being on the river!
This was beautiful and inspiring. It deserves millions of views.
Great video thanks 👍🇨🇦
Amazing film. I am a huge fan of Pete McBrides work.
A beautiful tribute. Thank you.
I remember flying over the Grand Canyon and being mesmerised by the size and beauty of it. Wish I'd had the chance to go down it in one of these Dories!
Thank you so much. I cried with joy and then sadness. Martin's smile reminded me of my Dad and that was a first.
thank-you for this beautiful tribute .. I did a Diamond rafting adventure July 2007 and was inspired by the beauty and purity of the dories that we saw traversing the river. Your video gives an extraordinary insight into the passion for the wooden boats combined with the love of a truly most special place on Earth. I would love to come back and do a complete river trip aboard one of these ..
THANK YOU for keeping the spirit alive. Beautiful and well told story. I'm ready.
Beautiful story
I have hiked the canyon from both sides several times. Always wanted to go down the full length of the river. I've watched them loading up at Lee's Ferry with great envy lots of times. I'm an Englishman who has found the cost outside of my reach, but really enjoyed going down with you in your dory by video, so thankyou.
Martin and his dories are every bit the equivalent of Stradivarius and his violins, or Michaelangelo and the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. If we had 10 more men like him, we could literally change the world.
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@@michelleanderson4290oh lighten up
Beautifully shot!!!
Such an inspiration, a true pioneer. Putting mother nature first. What a gentleman 👏🌍😊💙❤️
The McKenzie River dory was the first in the forties and fifties right here by my home in Eugene Oregon.
worth watching when you get the Grand Canyon conservation itch. Martin Litton is the best thanks Pete!
Superb!!!
We ran the canyon in rafts, I think in 2011 ... doing it again in dories sounds superb!!!
Extraordinary, thank you very much.
Hatts Off to all river legend's thanks for giving us a lovely platforms our rafting industry and we can travel through the Rivers and explore the whole country 🙏🙏🙏
Absolutely brilliant! Amazing bit of story telling and insight into the river life.
Incredible!!! Truly a large shoes to fill but we my try !! Thank you
This is a beautiful tribute to Martin...thanks for sharing!
wow great tribute and story of such a pioneer of a revolution we need to save the natural treasures... going to write a song about Martin...
The trippleader of the world
Incredible man, incredible place, thank heavens he fought for such a beautiful landscape. I must say travelling the Grand Canyon in a dory is now on my bucket list! I come from a fishing village and my ancestors used dories for fishing in rough seas, only stands to reason they would be awesome on white water rapids! Thanks for sharing this wonderful documentary.
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Awesome video. Beautiful boats. From what I understand Martin named his dories after lost or compromised national treasures, for that reason I would have named the new dory Martin Litton. He save some incredible places for all to enjoy.
Maybe the best TH-cam video I've watched in 2020
something added to things to do before i leave
simply wonderful
inspiring, thank you!
Chapeau and muchas gracias , Mr. Martin Litton.!(Luis, from Peru). Great life, great film.
Martin litton earth genius thank you for you
Wow what a beautiful piece of film! I met Martin Litton in 1981 at the end of the canyon 18 day trip. Regan Dale was our trip leader and Ote saw us off at Lees Ferry...am I remembering a baby just being born at that time to Regan and Ote...would that have been Duffy? Like father like son so glad he's following in his Dads footsteps. What a "Grand" trip that was and what memories I have from then. Have so much respect for all who ventured us through the canyon and I'm wondering now where all my "slides" I took are right now. I need to get them put on digital format to enjoy once again. Thanks again, my best to all of you!
Jim Farnham
Precioso video. Mi experiencia más fuerte fue en Chile, bajando en balsa la parte más fuerte de un hermoso río llamado Bio Bio, que sus rápidos -6 (menos 6) eran fuertisimos....Tiempo después de esta increible aventura, hicieron una gran Represa. Muchos chilenos kayakistas lloramos esta terrible "destruccion"
Amazing !!! Thank you there really aren't words :)
The Emerald Mile by Kevin Fedarko is a must read . And, it is on my bucket list to someday float that river... in a Dory.
Thank you Pete. Once again you have the power and ability of a person with passion. The things we do and the images and words we leave behind most certainly matter.
Beautiful film, Pete McBride..great job. Sure wish you could have squeezed even just one woman's sharing into the story... It's not like they aren't there.
NIcely done, Pedro. Thank you.