Renegade Female Adventurers: River Runner Georgie White Clark

May 14th, 2015 • BY Morgan Tilton

What makes an adventuresome lady a renegade? A woman who set the bolts, gallops the stallion, and incessantly stair-steps in crampons—ice axe in hand—like it’s a spring picnic.

We are deeply inspired by historical female adventurers, who overcame stereotypes and hurdled barriers—they were fueled purely by self motivation and liberated by pants. These ladies traveled the globe, rallied up mountains and rock, and reached the summit of never-before-conquered crests.

In this WomensMovement.com series, we celebrate the top historical female adventurers from the past two centuries. Globe-hopping, climbing the world’s highest summits, and scaling its steepest faces, these cream-of-the-crop ladies paved the way for the rest of us.

Georgie White Clark

Era: 1911-1992

Origin: Born in Oklahoma

Claim to Fame: Georgie became the white water queen. Her first Grand Canyon record started at age 34 with a 1945 swimming stint: She jumped into the river at Diamond Creek with friend Harry Aleson and hand paddled 60 miles to Lake Mead towing life jackets, packs, and camping gear.

She was the first woman to swim the Grand Canyon with a companion. Then, she became the first lady to row a boat through the Grand Canyon.

In 1955, Georgie began to take paying customers on Grand boat trips (which helped her by dividing trip expenses) thus becoming the first professional female outfitter. The U.S. Board of Geographic Names renamed Twenty-Four Mile Rapid Georgie Rapid, in her honor, in 2001.

Fun Fact: Georgie innovated the first design for a mega-sized rubber raft—known as the Triple Rig or G-Rig—to enable the stability for carrying a crew of customers.

How’d she do it? She strapped together three boats that operate with an outboard motor.

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