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Grand Canyon Treks: 12,000 Miles Through the Grand Canyon
Grand Canyon Treks 12000 Miles Through the Grand Canyon Author:Harvey Butchart, Wynne Benti "There are two reasons for me to do something. The first is that someone has already done it. The other is that no one has done it." — Harvey Butchart Credited with finding more than 116 new approaches to the Colorado River and with summiting 83 of the 183 named peaks in the Grand Canyon (35 of those being first ascents), Backpacker Magaz... more »ine called Harvey Butchart the "undisputed king of extreme and obsessive Grand Canyon hiking." Born in Illinois, Butchart accepted a position teaching mathematics at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff hoping that the dry climate of the high desert would alleviate his daughters asthma. Shortly after arriving, a day trip to the Grand Canyon changed his life forever. Ultimately, Butchart explored the most remote areas of the Canyons rugged wilderness from Lees Ferry, through steep canyons and rambling plateaus to Lake Mead. Hiking more than 12,000 miles in a combined total of 1,000 days, a distance comparable to walking halfway around the earth, Butchart is considered the leading authority on backcountry hiking in the Canyon Grand Canyon Treks is Butchart's original narrative trilogy presented in one complete volume that includes his observations and trail notes of his remote wilderness adventures.« less