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<blockquote data-quote="Eltab" data-source="post: 8354172" data-attributes="member: 6803337">Colorado River / Grand Canyon region:An absolute barrier to travel across the river.Very difficult to get upstream.White-water rafting takes you downstream &quot;for free&quot;.I would put this up a tributary, not on the main river.&nbsp; Because it becomes the only travel story tell-able in that area.Unusual encounter:Based on IRL Zebulon Pike's expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase.&nbsp; After ascending the Arkansas River (and discovering Pike's Peak), the expedition was supposed to find a source-stream of the Red River and return to the Mississippi River.&nbsp; By accident or on purpose, Pike actually crossed into the headwaters of the Rio Grande - in the Spanish province of New Mexico.&nbsp; When he came downstream, an international incident ensued.The PCs on their boat might be met by Somebody Else's expedition of discovery (or &quot;discovery&quot;), stepping on PC-Nation turf.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Eltab, post: 8354172, member: 6803337"] Colorado River / Grand Canyon region: An absolute barrier to travel across the river. Very difficult to get upstream. White-water rafting takes you downstream "for free". I would put this up a tributary, not on the main river. Because it becomes the only travel story tell-able in that area. Unusual encounter: Based on IRL Zebulon Pike's expedition to explore the Louisiana Purchase. After ascending the Arkansas River (and discovering Pike's Peak), the expedition was supposed to find a source-stream of the Red River and return to the Mississippi River. By accident or on purpose, Pike actually crossed into the headwaters of the Rio Grande - in the Spanish province of New Mexico. When he came downstream, an international incident ensued. The PCs on their boat might be met by Somebody Else's expedition of discovery (or "discovery"), stepping on PC-Nation turf. [/QUOTE]

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