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 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.

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.

Absolutely brilliant! Amazing bit of story telling and insight into the river life.

This was beautiful and inspiring. It deserves millions of views.

Age 87, and still running. That is beyond legendary. RIP Martin!

A beautiful and fair tribute to a man who fights for nature. Congratulations to the creators.

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.

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.

Great Documentary !! really enjoyed it RIP Martin 🙏🏽

Martin, you are an inspiration to us all!

Beautiful story. Made me cry. Thanks for this fine film.

Amazing film. I am a huge fan of Pete McBrides work.

This is a beautiful tribute to Martin...thanks for sharing!

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!

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.

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 🙏🙏🙏

Wonderful! A voice of beauty and power for a place and river of the same. Thank you for the beautiful film.

That was excellent! An outstanding memoir to a great man.

Stunning boat! Wow! The Grand Canyon is beautiful! Great film!

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 Martin, for fighting to preserve “OUR GRAND CANYON “!

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.

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 have oft said "Everyone should make one trip down the GRAND" I have been lucky to guide many rivers around the world, and thanks to the likes of Martin I can count the trips I feel blessed to have made down the Colorado. I rank it as a "GREAT RIVER TO KEEP YOUR BEER COLD"

Such an inspiration, a true pioneer. Putting mother nature first. What a gentleman 👏🌍😊💙❤️

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"

A beautiful thoughtful homage to the man, the river, and life as we should like to experience it.

This is simply wonderful.

Great story !! Thank God for people like Martin.

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.

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...

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.

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.

I love the love that this man inspired in others.

Living in Australia I can only imagine this wonderous place but also how awful it would have been if the dams had gone ahead. Well done to all the river rats you are brave folks!! Beautiful scenery and an amazing trip...thank you.

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 .. 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 ..

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.

THANK YOU for keeping the spirit alive. Beautiful and well told story. I'm ready.

So glad people like Martin did so much to preserve this Canyon.

Superb!!! We ran the canyon in rafts, I think in 2011 ... doing it again in dories sounds superb!!!

One of my all time favorite films ever made period!

The Tecate Journal, by Keith Bowden. A great read about his trip down the rio grande, and his desire to bring word about the dangers imposed on it by humans.

Wow! Thank you for sharing about Mr. Litton. A true Mover+ Shaker!

I'm in the middle of the emerald mile right now. Absolutely riveting story!

NIcely done, Pedro. Thank you.

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.

Beautiful, well-crafted video. Great portrayal of the river, the men, the spirit. But only a surface purview of this remarkable triad. Read 'Emerald Mile' to thoroughly permeate your soul with the canyon and the spirits within it.

A great tribute, I appreciated this because I just read the book, The Emerald Mile.

A beautiful tribute. Thank you.

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!!!!!

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

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🦋🦎

Absolutely fantastic film; very inspiring; that looks like a lot of fun too.

Beautiful piece!

Martin Litton was a true champion. Our beautiful Rivers deserve all the protection we can give them.

A beautiful film and a touching tribute! I liked the way close-ups of a frog, butterfly, lizards and an ibex? dot the film. It reminds us that river systems like these are great biomes.

How amazing, to have someone make a film about you!

I am glad he was loved and honored.😉🇨🇦

muy lindo el video gracias, pero deberia tener sub titulos en espanol latino ,nosotros tambien existimos gracias

Thanks for posting and sharing. Very encouraging.

Strong story, strong message. I live in Northern Thailand, love kayaking but it has become less fun. Dams everywhere. Now Mekong suffer from gigantic dams in China. Makes me sad and frustrated.

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.

I'm in tears..wishing I had gotten the privilege to have met Martin.

Thanks for posting, Mitch and I enjoyed watching it!

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.

The value of AI right here. Directed me to this. Now I know who Martin is, the story of Marble Canyon and what a Dory is. When my 6-year old is ready, we’re doing one of these trips.

Beautifully shot!!!

Incredible!!! Truly a large shoes to fill but we my try !! Thank you

Thank you so much. I cried with joy and then sadness. Martin's smile reminded me of my Dad and that was a first.

Lovely story about Martin Litton and Grand Canyon 🛶🛶🛶🛶pat in Ireland 🇮🇪

Chapeau and muchas gracias , Mr. Martin Litton.!(Luis, from Peru). Great life, great film.

Que aventuras más maravillosas...sólo para valientes

worth watching when you get the Grand Canyon conservation itch. Martin Litton is the best thanks Pete!

Extraordinary, thank you very much.

Amazing !!! Thank you there really aren't words :)

Oque houvi não pude entender faltou legenda. Mais maravilhado estou em tudo que vi consegui compreender toda alegria contruida por esta figura linda homenagem. Obrigado por compartilhar

Very nice. Shows canyon, river, very big rapids with dories. Thanks for sharing.

Beautiful story

I enjoyed this. Thank you!

Bravo Pete! Just saw this for the first time

What is O.A.R.S. ? I loved this video. Once in a while you get to meet someone like Martin, if you’re lucky, and they change your life. I wish more young people today could understand that or at least learn from them. Like they said in the video people like Martin are getting fewer and fewer and once lost our great treasures will never be returned.

Great story.A giant amongst men.

Nice homage of Martin's life on the river, celebrated as he lived it in his exclusive boys' club.

Beautiful. Was the soundtrack originally composed for this film? It is beautiful as well!

Well done!

Thank you martin for saving rivers you may rest in heaven godbless!

Emerald Mile. Excellent book! Grand Canyon dory trip high on the bucket list.

Yeah that was really cool thanks for posting well done

These boats look alot like the Hatteras dorys built in the Outer Banks as a beach launched fishing boat able to cut thru breakers and land over them since the inland water ways were so shallow with the most dynamic unpredictable inlets in the world that ate larger deep draft fishing boats for breakfast. It makes sense that they work in rapids the same way.

Beautiful. Thanks!

inspiring, thank you!

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...

Extraordinary film.

Just EPIC!

Great video - many thanks!

The earth was crying for the loss of Martin.