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I am preparing to take a grand canyon rafting trip and found this book to be very helpful especially combined with the emerald ... Read More
Havent read too much so far but i am enjoying what i am reading
Dolnick tells the story well easily on par with the account of lewis and clark in stephen ambroses undaunted courage
I felt like i was going down the river with the crew
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I learned a great deal about the colorado river the canyons the rocks and the difficulties faced by powell and his colleagues
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- This product had a total of 212 reviews as of our last analysis date on Oct 28 2020.
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Stephen ambrose did this and it was maddening
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And the author really loves his similes and metaphors almost to a fault
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Bill walton the famous basketball player recently went on about this book while covering a recent ncaa basketball game
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The author also interviewed modern adventurers who have taken boat trips through the dangerous rapids of the colorado river
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I usually get bored after a few chapters but this book was hard to put down
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Like the expedition led by lewis and clark 60 years earlier the powel expedition had been given up for dead presumed to be victims of an unknown fate while attempting to penetrate an unknown landscape
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He had little idea of what the river itself would be like and consequently was illprepared as the exploration unfolded
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Not only was this expedition entering unknown territory in terms of geography they were also in unknown territory in terms of how to navigate white water
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