{"product_id":"a-walk-in-the-park-kevin-fedarko-9781501183065","title":"A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon","description":"\u003cb\u003e\"A triumph. Fedarko doesn't describe awe; he induces it.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times Book Review\u003c\/i\u003e * \"Passionate...memorable...life-affirming.\" --\u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eFrom the author of the beloved bestseller \u003ci\u003eThe Emerald Mile\u003c\/i\u003e, a rollicking and poignant account of an epic 750-mile odyssey, on foot, through the heart of America's most magnificent national park and the grandest wilderness on earth.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ci\u003eTwo friends, zero preparation, one dream.\u003c\/i\u003e A few years after quitting his job to follow an ill-advised dream of becoming a guide on the Colorado River, Kevin Fedarko was approached by his best friend, \u003ci\u003eNational Geographic \u003c\/i\u003ephotographer Pete McBride, with a vision as bold as it was harebrained. Together, they would embark on an end-to-end traverse of the Grand Canyon, a journey that, McBride promised, would be \"a walk in the park.\" Against his better judgment, Fedarko agreed, unaware that the small cluster of experts who had completed the crossing billed it as \"the toughest hike in the world.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe ensuing ordeal, which lasted more than a year, revealed a place that was deeper, richer, and far more complex than anything the two men had imagined--and came within a hair's breadth of killing them both. They struggled to make their way through a vertical labyrinth of thousand-foot cliffs and crumbling ledges where water is measured out by the teaspoon and every step is fraught with peril--and where, even today, there is still no trail along the length of the country's best-known and most iconic park. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAlong the way, veteran long-distance hikers ushered them into secret pockets, invisible to the millions of tourists gathered on the rim, where only a handful of humans have ever laid eyes. Members of the canyon's eleven Native American tribes brought them face-to-face with layers of history that forced them to reconsider myths at the center of our national parks--and exposed them to the threats of commercial tourism. Even Fedarko's dying father, who had first pointed him toward the canyon more than forty years earlier but had never set foot there himself, opened him to a new way of seeing the landscape. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAnd always, there was the great gorge itself: austere and unforgiving but suffused with magic, drenched in wonder, and redeemed by its own transcendent beauty. A singular portrait of a sublime place, \u003ci\u003eA Walk in the Park\u003c\/i\u003e is a deeply moving plea for the preservation of America's greatest natural treasure.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Kevin Fedarko\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1501183060\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781501183065\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Scribner Book Company\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/03\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 512\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.38h x 5.50w x 1.04d","brand":"Kevin Fedarko","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":46384228106495,"sku":"9781501183065","price":22.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9f31d04e-7557-43b1-939f-a44080ee2bb0.jpg?v=1733283122","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/a-walk-in-the-park-kevin-fedarko-9781501183065","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}