"Some people have said I conquered the Colorado, I don't say so. It has never been conquered and never will I think. Anyone it allows to go through its canyons and see its wonders should feel thankful and privileged." Buzz Holmstrom
Buzz Holmstrom was a boatman that loved rivers. You can read more about his journeys in "The Doing of the Thing: The Brief, Brilliant Whitewater Career of Buzz Holmstrom"
Anyone that says they have conquered a river or claim a river as "My River" does not understand rivers.