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A Walk in the Park

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By: Kevin Fedarko (Author)

Reviews

  1. mary in new york city –

    A new favorite
    This great book has it all- adventure, nature, terrific writing and also a fab list of source materials, bravissimo !!!

  2. Pacifica movie buff –

    An Amazing Read and an Incredible Tale
    Fedarko and his hiking buddy are lucky to share their story. No better prepared than Cheryl Strayed and in many ways in worse environmental conditions. It’s a testament to a generous hiking community, luck, stupidity, and perseverance. Then again, what great hiking story isn’t? Very readable, well researched, and the attention to the Native American history and connection to the Canyon is admirable. You will laugh and cry. Like the author and his hiking companion, you will hate to reach the end of the journey. Good read for both serious hikers and armchair adventurers.

  3. Raymond M. –

    A suffer fest
    A story of sin and redemption. A good story if you’re into the value of friends. Worth reading.

  4. Todd Warnke –

    Instant Classic
    Remember how the first time you read Desert Solitaire, Pilgrim at Tinker Creek or Sand County Almanac and you knew you had just read an all timer? A book that will read 100 years from now, a book that book clubs will ponder for years on end? Well, A Walk in the Park is another one of those select few books that instantly joins that group of classics. Fedarko combines deep history, personal story, friendship, family, sacrifice, sensitivity to Indigenous rights, understanding of recent history, environmental observation with an adventure that belies belief. The writing is perfect, with moments of sheer lyricism on top of sheer terror. Please, stop reading this review and start reading this book instead.

  5. Winterbear –

    A Grand Walk In the Park
    I wasn’t going to write a review after finishing the book. There are many intelligently written reviews and my thoughts would’ve felt weak. But then I watched the National Geographic documentary Into the Grand Canyon, an excellent video guide that covers all the basic elements of the book. Maybe most importantly the people who helped Fedarko and McBride complete their trek. I recommend that this video be viewed before reading the book and watch it again afterwards. A visual picture helps capture the moments more accurately as you read the book, which is an excellent read.My experience in the canyon includes eight backpacking multi-day treks, two trips down the Colorado River and two mule rides when I was a kid. My dna is in that canyon. Fedarko captures the canyon in this book and also in his Emerald Mile book. He is an excellent writer.

  6. judy mahoney –

    A FINE BOOK
    I have been going to the Grand Canyon since 1958 and have visited it more than 30 times since. I cannot praise this book enough. Well written, thoughtful, fair, funny, informative, challenging, spiritual. If you care about our wild spaces in general or this great park in particular, it is a MUST READ.

  7. Alberto –

    A breathtaking journey into the wild beauty and into himself.

  8. Mariam Kobras –

    Zu Fuß durch den Grand Canyon… ein echter Lebenstraum! Fedarko nimmt uns mit aus dem Smog verseuchten Pittsburgh in die heiße, flirrende Luft in den Tiefen des Grand Canyon und führt uns durch eine fremdartige, fast außerirdische Landschaft. Seine Erzählung ist wunderbar, manchmal sogar poetisch, ohne die harsche Natur zu beschönigen, oder die Lebensbedingungen der Native Americans, die um den Erhalt der Ursprünglichkeit kämpfen und weitere Erschließung für den Tourismus ablehnen. Wirklich ein großartiges Buch.

  9. OB –

    It starts off a little like one of Redmond O’Hanlon’s travel books from 30 years ago, and I worried that it might be a bit one note, with its premise of two idiots tackling one of the greatest hikes on earth. But it opens up into a wise, moving, funny and passionate exploration not just of the Grand Canyon, but of the people that live around it, its history, its future, its geology, its wildlife and much more. Highly recommended.

  10. Alex Knisely –

    This is the sort of thing that people will like who like this sort of thing. Not my cup of tea, unfortunately : I had been hoping for another BASIN AND RANGE ; the author was inspired, however, not by John McPhee but by Erma Bombeck. Tediously trivial. elbow-nudgingly jokey at too many sites, this book was a disappointment, and not something that I shall keep on my shelves —

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