Over The Edge: Death in Grand Canyon, expanded 10 year anniversay edition Paperback Author: Michael P. Ghiglieri | Language: English | ISBN:
0984785809 | Format: PDF, EPUB
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If you believe that everything interesting about Grand Canyon has already been written, you're dead wrong. Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon belongs not only in the libraries of Canyon lovers, but in those of everyone interested in Western Americana. --Tony Hillerman This book is an absolute masterpiece. --Martin Litton, legendary founder of Grand Canyon Dories and pivotal Grand Canyon advocate. --Martin Litton
This book is an absolute masterpiece. --Martin Litton
About the Author
Auther Ghiglieri earned his Ph.D. in ecology from the University of California at Davis and has worked as professional wilderness river guide for 39 years on 40 rivers around the world, including 162, 2-week rowing trips through Grand Canyon for a total of well over 2,300 days within the Canyon and about 4,700 miles hiked. Ghiglieri also has been a wilderness EMT for 30 years on many ermergencies and worked as a River Ranger and is a member of the Coconino County Sheriff's Department Search and Rescue teams. Author of 7 books, Ghiglieri also wrote CANYON and FIRST THROUGH GRAND CANYON: THE SECRET JOURNALS AND LETTERS OF THE 1869 CREW WHO EXPLORED THE GREEN AND COLORADO RIVERS. Author Thomas M. Myers earned his M.D. at the University of Arizona and has worked for more than two decades at the Grand Canyon Clinic, responding to, treating, and trying to untangle the ontogenies of all too many Canyon accidents. Myers is also the Medical Director for Grand Canyon National Park. Myers began exploring the Canyon around age 10 and never stopped. He also works as a professional hiking and river guide. Myer co-authored the definitve "FATEFUL JOURNEY: INJURY AND DEATH OF RECREATIONAL RIVER TRIPS IN GRAND CANYON and GRAND OBSESSION: HARVEY BUTCHART AND THE EXPLORATION OF GRAND CANYON.
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- Paperback: 586 pages
- Publisher: Puma Press; 2 Expanded & Revised edition (May 1, 2012)
- Language: English
- ISBN-10: 0984785809
- ISBN-13: 978-0984785803
- Product Dimensions: 1.5 x 6.2 x 9.2 inches
- Shipping Weight: 2 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
My wife picked up a copy of this book in June (2013) when we were visiting Grand Canyon. This was our second visit in less than three years and my third lifetime visit. Although by the end of this third visit I had become fairly well acquainted with the South Rim, I was still ignorant of the details of the canyon itself as well as the nature and extent of its dangers. Ghigliere and Myers' "Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon" has done much to fill in the knowledge gap.
Well written and gripping in its presentation of specific cases, the book not only provides a detailed description of many of the topographical features of the canyon, but it also gives a complete account of the deaths that have occurred in the canyon and on the rim since the early explorations in the middle of the nineteenth century. The book is divided into the following chapters: Falls from the rim, falls within the canyon, environmental deaths within the "inverted mountain" (dehydration, heat stroke, hypothermia, etc.), flash flood fatalities, deaths in the Colorado River, airplane and helicopter crashes, freak errors and accidents, fatal encounters with animals and plants, suicide, and murder. At the end of each chapter is a list of all those who have died a particular death over the years along with a brief description of the circumstances surrounding the death. This forms a supplement to the deaths described in the body of the text itself.
Thankfully, the authors do not just talk about the tragedies. They also have stories about people who were rescued from dangerous situations, some of whom found themselves in these situations through little or no fault of their own but many of whom had gotten into their predicament because of their own stupidity, lack of caution, or inadequate preparation.
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