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The Man Who Walked Through Time: The Story of the First Trip Afoot Through the Grand Canyon

Colin Fletcher

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Feb 05, 2025 Linda Martin rated it it was amazing

Shelves: travel, nonfiction, 2025, memoirs, audiobook, adventure, geo-arizona, inspiration

In 1963 Colin Fletcher hiked the entire section of the Grand Canyon contained within the 1963 National Park boundaries. He was the first to do it during one continuous trip. His memoir is thoughtful and meditative. It will take you there as much as any book could and that is what I find to be the most valuable part of this memoir, for me.

One could say that the influence of his ecological statement in the epilogue was more valuable. I don't know if it was, but apparently there was a plan to diver ...more

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Oct 23, 2019 Deedee added it

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I wanted to like this book. The subject -- walking/hiking through the Grand Canyon -- is interesting. However, the writing style is dull and un-engaging. Somehow, the writer has taken something interesting and made it boring.

Here's a sample of his writing (on page 68):
It was this spring, close under Great Thumb Mesa, that I had chosen as the site for my first airdrop; but we had also arranged an alternate site at a deep rainpocket that Harvey Butchart had recently discovered near the head of Fos ...more

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Sep 17, 2007 Pam rated it really liked it

#120 08/30/06
THE MAN WHO WALKED THROUGH TIME by Colin Fletcher
RATING: 4.5/B+
GENRE/PUB DATE/# OF PGS: Non-Fiction, 1967, 233 pgs
COMMENTS: Colin Fletcher is the 1st man to walk entire length of Grand Canyon.

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