America's Majestic Canyons

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"it seems intended by nature that the Colorado river . . . shall be forever unvisited and undisturbed," wrote the leader of an expedition that reached the rim of the Grand Canyon in 1858. But today, thousands of people run the Colorado River every summer, and millions more visit Grand Canyon National Park.
As much as 18 miles across, a mile deep, and 277 miles long, the Grand Canyon is only one of America's spectacular canyons. You will visit it, and many more, with the authors of this book. By raft and canoe on foot and muleback in a plywood dory and by helicopter . . . you will discover an amazing diversity of canyon worlds.
From West Virginia's New River—actually the oldest river on the continent—to the rugged canyons of the Tarahumara Indians in Mexico . . . from the nearly inaccessible reaches of Nahanni National Park in Canada to a bamboo-lined walkway in Hawaii's Akaka Falls State Park, you will marvel at the variety of plants and animals that inhabit these gashes in... Tovább

Fülszöveg

"it seems intended by nature that the Colorado river . . . shall be forever unvisited and undisturbed," wrote the leader of an expedition that reached the rim of the Grand Canyon in 1858. But today, thousands of people run the Colorado River every summer, and millions more visit Grand Canyon National Park.
As much as 18 miles across, a mile deep, and 277 miles long, the Grand Canyon is only one of America's spectacular canyons. You will visit it, and many more, with the authors of this book. By raft and canoe on foot and muleback in a plywood dory and by helicopter . . . you will discover an amazing diversity of canyon worlds.
From West Virginia's New River—actually the oldest river on the continent—to the rugged canyons of the Tarahumara Indians in Mexico . . . from the nearly inaccessible reaches of Nahanni National Park in Canada to a bamboo-lined walkway in Hawaii's Akaka Falls State Park, you will marvel at the variety of plants and animals that inhabit these gashes in the earth's crust.
Along the way, you will meet the people who live and work in and near the canyons: Jerry Hughes and Carole Finley, young husband-and-wife outfitters who guide rafters down the turbulent Snake River in Hells Canyon; renowned photographer Ansel Adams, who teaches a summer workshop in Yosemite National Park every year; anthropologist Clark Mallam, who searches for Indian artifacts in the gorge of the Upper Iowa River, and who thought Iowa "mountainous" after growing up in Nebraska.
With nearly 200 color photographs, this volume captures the memorable characters, the varied wildlife, the exquisite details, and the magnificent panoramas of America's majestic canyons.
Touched by early-morning sun, sheer walls of the Grand Canyon plummet 3,000 feet to the Colorado
River. Naturalist John Muir once wrote of the Grand Canyon, "It seems a gigantic statement for even nature to make, all in one mighty stone word."
DAVID MUENCH Vissza