River Trip Safety in The Grand Canyon

Often people wonder about how safe a Grand Canyon River trip is, they talk about maybe even taking out a life insurance policy for the their trip. Often these same people have been bowling or played golf, but they never consider taking out a life insurance policy for these activities. Maybe they should, because the rate of injury and death, for one five year study period, for all Grand Canyon river trips, found that it was slightly more dangerous than bowling, but safer than golf!

For a brief overview of the study and information by Dr. Tom Meyers, one of the researchers for the study, see his interesting article or read the book on the study Fateful Journey: Injury and Death on Col0rado River Trips, by Thomas Meyers, Lawrence Stevens, and Christopher Becker