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Travels with Charley in Search of America

John Steinbeck, Gary Sinise, et al.

4.6 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Arnold: The Education of a Bodybuilder

Arnold Schwarzenegger

4.7 on Amazon

2 HN comments

The Endurance: Shackleton's Legendary Antarctic Expedition

Caroline Alexander

4.8 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident (Historical Nonfiction Bestseller, True Story Book of Survival)

Donnie Eichar

4.5 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Airplane Flying Handbook: FAA-H-8083-3B

Federal Aviation Administration (FAA)

4.5 on Amazon

2 HN comments

The Genius of Birds

Jennifer Ackerman

4.7 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Overcoming Gravity: A Systematic Approach to Gymnastics and Bodyweight Strength (Second Edition)

Steven Low

4.8 on Amazon

2 HN comments

The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon

Kevin Fedarko

4.8 on Amazon

2 HN comments

American Buffalo: In Search of a Lost Icon

Steven Rinella and Random House Audio

4.9 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Mountaineering: The Freedom of the Hills

The Mountaineers

4.9 on Amazon

2 HN comments

The Feather Thief: Beauty, Obsession, and the Natural History Heist of the Century

Kirk Wallace Johnson

4.5 on Amazon

2 HN comments

The Annapolis Book of Seamanship: Fourth Edition

John Rousmaniere and Mark Smith

4.8 on Amazon

2 HN comments

The Daring Book for Girls

Andrea J Buchanan and Miriam Peskowitz

4.7 on Amazon

2 HN comments

Every Shot Counts: Using the Revolutionary Strokes Gained Approach to Improve Your Golf Performance and Strategy

Mark Broadie

4.4 on Amazon

2 HN comments

The Nature Fix: Why Nature Makes Us Happier, Healthier, and More Creative

Florence Williams

4.6 on Amazon

2 HN comments

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mauvehausonNov 5, 2020

If you found this compelling (separate from whether or not you approve of it), you might enjoy The Emerald Mile, which is the story of the fastest recorded run of the Grand Canyon of the Colorado River. The team took advantage of similarly extraordinary conditions and pulled it off with incredible style in a dory.

Interwoven with that story are the stories of the commercial river trips that got caught in the perilous conditions and the struggle to save Glen Canyon Dam from catastrophic failure.

Edited to add: I don't want to oversell this or anything, but I'd say it's on my list of candidates for greatest story ever told with the likes of Miracle in the Andes and Touching the Void.

pilomonJan 31, 2014

Edward Abbey is on my reading list but I haven't gotten there yet. I will definitely recommend The Emerald Mile by Kevin Fedarko. It says its a story of the fastest trip down the Grand Canyon but its really a story of the history of the river and the balance that society has currently chosen between recreation/conservation and development. It also has a great description of the major problems at the Glen Canyon Dam in 1983
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