Kevin Fedarko is a writer that is also a Grand Canyon river guide. This is a story about the fastest trip down the Colorado River, and it is about much more. There is a history lesson of the discovery of the Grand Canyon by modern man starting with Cardenas and the conquistadors and continuing to the river guides and the engineers of the Bureau of Reclamation. It has a geology story as any tale of the Grand Canyon must be.
But it is at its best a story of humans and nature. Both the authorities and the eccentrics are portrayed in an honest light and all are influenced by the river and the Canyon. This book made me want to look for other Fedarko books.
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