Buck, Al
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| - | '''Al Buck''' is the owner of [[Canyon Tours]], taking tourists on raft trips down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, something he has been doing most of his adult life. | + | '''Al Buck''' is the owner of [[Canyon Tours]], taking tourists on raft trips down the Colorado River through the [[Grand Canyon]], something he has been doing most of his adult life. |
| - | Al | + | When Al Buck got out of the Army in 1969, he wandered without any particular goal. One day he found [[Canyon Tours]] to see how much it would cost, but ended up working as a swamper and cook. by the time the summer was over, he was a boatman with a raft of his own. By 1974, he led trips about half the time, while Louise, who had seniority, led the other half. |
| - | + | Al is the biological father of [[Chladek, Crystal|Crystal Chladek]] from a brief affair with [[Chladek, Karin|Karin Chladek]] (then Karin Johansen) during her 1974 trip down the Grand Canyon. Al went on to marry [[Buck, Louise|Louise]] while Karin married [[Chladek, Pete|Pete Chladek]]. In 1998 Crystal started work for Al but neither knew her true relationship to him until the next year. | |
| + | The death of Louise left Al distraught and it was an effort to get him back on the river again. It was his first such back where he reconnected with Karin Chladek and their romance was reignited. | ||
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| + | Once Karin's divorce was final, the pair got married in the Grand Canyon in May 2001, near Sapphire. [[Buddha]] was his best man<sup>[[Blue Beauty Chapter 20|BB20]]</sup> since both had been high school surfing buddies in California before the Vietnam war separated them. | ||
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| + | Al is first described ''"He wasn't exactly what she'd call handsome, but he was strong and rugged and lean, muscled bronze in aviator sunglasses, a tattered "Canyon Tours" T-shirt and battered shorts that once might have been part of a set of Army pants."''<sup>[[Dawnwalker Chapter 1|DW01]]</sup> | ||
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Revision as of 21:00, 23 November 2009
Al Buck is the owner of Canyon Tours, taking tourists on raft trips down the Colorado River through the Grand Canyon, something he has been doing most of his adult life.
When Al Buck got out of the Army in 1969, he wandered without any particular goal. One day he found Canyon Tours to see how much it would cost, but ended up working as a swamper and cook. by the time the summer was over, he was a boatman with a raft of his own. By 1974, he led trips about half the time, while Louise, who had seniority, led the other half.
Al is the biological father of Crystal Chladek from a brief affair with Karin Chladek (then Karin Johansen) during her 1974 trip down the Grand Canyon. Al went on to marry Louise while Karin married Pete Chladek. In 1998 Crystal started work for Al but neither knew her true relationship to him until the next year.
The death of Louise left Al distraught and it was an effort to get him back on the river again. It was his first such back where he reconnected with Karin Chladek and their romance was reignited.
Once Karin's divorce was final, the pair got married in the Grand Canyon in May 2001, near Sapphire. Buddha was his best manBB20 since both had been high school surfing buddies in California before the Vietnam war separated them.
Al is first described "He wasn't exactly what she'd call handsome, but he was strong and rugged and lean, muscled bronze in aviator sunglasses, a tattered "Canyon Tours" T-shirt and battered shorts that once might have been part of a set of Army pants."DW01
