The U.S. Whitewater Rafting Team in a modified craft during a December 2016 practice run in the Grand Canyon before the team's January world record attempt on the 277-mile stretch of the Colorado ...

Colorado-based rafting team just misses Grand Canyon speed record when raft gets punctured U.S. Whitewater Rafting Team aimed to beat kayak speed record set by Ben Orkin in 2016 ...

Rowing a custom-built cataraft, the six-man crew missed the record set in 2016, but ran 277 nonstop miles through the entire Grand Canyon in 38 hours. Skip to main content. Travel.