Buzz Holmstrom tried and actually succeeded in running the river solo, beginning at Green River. Holmstrom had a true love for the river and was noted by friends to always appear in awe of the canyon. At the end of his solo trip, a boatman refused him a tow across Lake Mead, so he instead rowed it himself, taking 4 ½ days to complete the task. He symbolically ended his journey by touching the nose of his boat to the wall of Boulder Dam.
![[Buzz Holmstrom next to one of his boats, returning from Minneapolis.]</br><a href="http://archive.library.nau.edu/cdm/ref/collection/cpa/id/3837" target="_blank">Buzz Holmstrom Collection NAU.PH.97.22.9.7</a>](http://library.nau.edu/speccoll/exhibits/grand-canyon-100/wp-content/uploads/2018/08/Buzz_Holmstrom_next_to_one_of_his_boats_returning_from_Minneapolis.jpg "[Buzz Holmstrom next to one of his boats, returning from Minneapolis.]")
[Buzz Holmstrom next to one of his boats, returning from Minneapolis.]Buzz Holmstrom Collection NAU.PH.97.22.9.7