A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon
A Walk in the Park chronicles a year-long effort to find a 750-mile path along the length of the Grand Canyon, through a vertical wilderness suspended between the caprock along the rims of the abyss and the Colorado River, which flows along its bottom.
Buy this book at Amazon- Publisher
- Simon and Schuster
- Year
- 2026
- ISBN-13
- 9781501183065
- Genre
- Biography & Memoir
- Topics
- Grand Canyon explorationWilderness survivalAdventure hiking
Awards
- Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in NonfictionWonMajor(2025)
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