Riverboat Gambolers (August 1977)
01:Wet women! Patti McGuire and friends conquer the Colorado.
02:Embarking at Marble Canyon, Arizona, our intrepid rafters (left to right: Chicago Bunny Cindy Russell, Playmates Patti McGuire and Hope Olson) help the guides prepare the boat that will take them down the Colorado River.
03:The most turbulent set of rapids encountered on the journey was Lava Falls (the waves can reach heights of 40 feet).
04:The rafters stayed aboard by holding on to ropes lashed to the hull.
05:After braving the white water, our crew beaches the raft and prepares to make camp.
06:1977 Playmate of the Year Patti McGuire brushes up on some backwoods hygiene.
07:Later, the troops find a friendly lizard. "One night," Patti McGuire recalls, "a bee flew into Fegley’s sleeping bag and stung him, but he was the only casualty."
08:After making camp, Playmates Patti McGuire and Hope Olson get the evening’s geology lesson from a guide who leads them through one of the many side canyons.
09:The ladies soak up some vitamin C. "There were really only a couple days of sun," the girls say, "but we all got great all-over tans."
10:Patti McGuire, Hope Olson and Cindy Russell
11:Patti McGuire, Hope Olson, Cindy Russell and guides
12:Playmates Patti McGuire and Hope Olson
13:Two hundred miles, seven cases of beer and five-and-a-half days later, the rafters have gotten to the falls at Havasu Creek, near their final destination.
14:Cindy Russell and one of the guides celebrate with some fancy diving.
15:Patti McGuire, Hope Olson and Cindy Russell
16:Playmates Patti McGuire and Hope Olson, a little less adventurous, let the water fall on them.
17:Bunny Cindy Russell
18:Playmate Patti McGuire
19:Playmates Patti McGuire and Hope Olson Photo
20:Patti McGuire, Hope Olson, Cindy Russell and guides