Buck, Louise
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| - | '''Louise Buck''' started with [[Stein, Willie|Willie Stein]] and [[Canyon Tours]] in 1965, | + | '''Louise Buck''' started with [[Stein, Willie|Willie Stein]] and [[Canyon Tours]] in 1965, as a swamper on the Colorado River through the [[Grand Canyon]]. It was not until the day Neil Armstrong walked on the moon (1969) that she became a Boatman <sup>[[Magic Carpet Chapter 20|MC20]]</sup>. This made her the second female Boatman on the river. The job was part-time and she spent most of the year as a school teacher. She was the leader for [[Chladek, Karin|Karin Chladek's]] first Canyon trip in 1974. When the season ended that year, she found a note from her husband telling her to choose between him and the Canyon. She used the settlement to purchase Canyon Tours from Willie, who at that time had an ulcer and wanted out of the business. <sup>[[Dawnwalker Chapter 67|DW67]]</sup> |
Louise married [[Buck, Al|Al Buck]] not long after that and the pair ran the business together for years. She was a trip leader for [[Chladek, Crystal|Crystal Chladek]] and [[Swift, Jennlynn|Jennlynn Swift]] on trips each made. In 1998, while Al was leading a trip, she fell ill. He left the trip in Crystal's hands to hurry to the hospital. Al made it to her side before she died from cancer in June.<sup>[[Alone Together Chapter 16|AT16]]</sup> | Louise married [[Buck, Al|Al Buck]] not long after that and the pair ran the business together for years. She was a trip leader for [[Chladek, Crystal|Crystal Chladek]] and [[Swift, Jennlynn|Jennlynn Swift]] on trips each made. In 1998, while Al was leading a trip, she fell ill. He left the trip in Crystal's hands to hurry to the hospital. Al made it to her side before she died from cancer in June.<sup>[[Alone Together Chapter 16|AT16]]</sup> | ||
Revision as of 22:45, 8 February 2011
Louise Buck started with Willie Stein and Canyon Tours in 1965, as a swamper on the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon. It was not until the day Neil Armstrong walked on the moon (1969) that she became a Boatman MC20. This made her the second female Boatman on the river. The job was part-time and she spent most of the year as a school teacher. She was the leader for Karin Chladek's first Canyon trip in 1974. When the season ended that year, she found a note from her husband telling her to choose between him and the Canyon. She used the settlement to purchase Canyon Tours from Willie, who at that time had an ulcer and wanted out of the business. DW67
Louise married Al Buck not long after that and the pair ran the business together for years. She was a trip leader for Crystal Chladek and Jennlynn Swift on trips each made. In 1998, while Al was leading a trip, she fell ill. He left the trip in Crystal's hands to hurry to the hospital. Al made it to her side before she died from cancer in June.AT16
Louise and Al never had any children of their own.
