The Emerald Mile : : the Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon
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Pt. 1. The world beneath the rims. First contact ; The grand old man ; Into the great unknown -- pt. 2. America's pyramids. The kingdom of water ; Flooding the cathedral -- pt. 3. The sweet lines of desire. Dories ; The golden age of guiding ; Crystal genesis ; The death of the Emerald Mile -- pt. 4. The master of the Emerald Mile. The factor ; Speed ; Thunder on the water -- pt. 5. The gathering storm. Deluge ; Into the bedrock ; The mouth of the dragon ; Raising the castle walls -- pt. 6. The maelstrom. The grand confluence ; The white demon ; Ghost boat ; The doing of the thing -- pt. 7. The speed run. The old man himself ; Perfection in a wave ; The reckoning ; Beneath the river of shooting stars ; Tail waves ; The trial ; Epilogue: The legend of the Emerald Mile.
The epic story of the fastest boat ride in history, on a hand-built dory named the "Emerald Mile," through the heart of the Grand Canyon on the Colorado river.
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Combines adventure and engineering stories submitted by haslamc on June 13, 2023, 12:57pm This is one of my favorite books of all time, which really shows the interplay between outdoor recreation and how we engineer the outdoors to make civilized life possible. This is really two very interesting stories (a speed run of the grand canyon, and a near-failure of a dam) told as they are interconnected.
PUBLISHED
New York : Scribner, 2013.
Year Published: 2013
Description: 415 p., 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations, map ; 24 cm.
Language: English
Format: Book
ISBN/STANDARD NUMBER
9781439159859
9781439159866
SUBJECTS
Grua, Kenton, -- 1950-2002.
Floods -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico) -- History.
Rapids -- Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)
Boatmen -- Biography.
Grand Canyon National Park (Ariz.)
Colorado River (Colo.-Mexico)