Climbing up the canyon, the colorado river glittered in the sun far below us.

Question

What is the misplaced modifier in this sentence and to write it correctly

Asked by jo w #251617 on 5/19/2012 2:15 PM

Last updated by Aslan on 5/19/2012 2:27 PM

Answered by Aslan on 5/19/2012 2:27 PM

modifier "climbing up the canyon"

Rivers can't climb.

I might change it to,

As we were climbing up the canyon, the Colorado River glittered in the sun far below us.