Today is the 20th anniversary of the real flash flood that inspired the novel the Narrows Escape. Here is the first hand account I wrote of the event upon my returning home:
Narrows Journal entry (8/11/92 – 8/12/92):
“Well, we just got back from the Virgin Narrows trip. It was fun & exciting. The Lord was really looking out for us. On the first day we were about halfway to the campsites when a flash flood came. It is miraculous that nobody was killed or injured. We had just finished eating lunch and had gone around a bend when something told Trevor to check the lunch spot again. He saw a giant flash flood and warned us with enough time to get up on high ground. It was amazing timing. We would have at least lost lots of gear if we had been at the lunch area when it hit, if not been injured or killed. It was supposed to be safe, but that flood was real. It was a 4-5 foot wall of water full of timber and trees. I'm talking about giant full-grown trees. Anyways, we were lucky. After a 3 hr. delay we made camp in a nice spot we found and headed out early in the morning. We hiked fast and got out at 4:10. The hike was beautiful and I'm glad we went. I got caught in quicksand Day #2, but got out with Dad & Troy's help. We ate at Larsen's Frost Top in St. George and saw Uncle Stan there. That was a surprise. The “Eight who Dared” were: Dad, Greg, Troy, Uncle Merlin, Uncle Randy, Trevor, Barry, & I.” - Brad Allred
Quicksand surviver
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