Ken Sleight sat on the edge of a raft with Edward Abbey, dreaming up ways to eliminate Glen Canyon Dam. He later became immortalized in Abbey's 1975 book "The Monkey Wrench Gang," serving as inspiration for the character Seldom Seen Smith.
Ken Sleight, Utah environmentalist who inspired a main character in The Monkey Wrench Gang, dies at 97
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