Today, Sun rural reporter Tracy Ross interviews Matt Moseley, a Coloradan with three jobs -- communications professional, author of three books including one about the rabble rouser, Hunter S. Thompson, and open-water swimmer in a landlocked state. He recently swam 17 miles of the Colorado River from the put in near Moab, Utah, to the takeout at Potash (pot-ash), to raise money for American Rivers to protect free-flowing rivers throughout the US.