Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon

Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon

By: Michael P. Ghiglieri   Thomas M. Myers  

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Average Customer Rating: 4.5 out of 5

Two veterans of decades of adventuring in Grand Canyon chronicle the first complete and comprehensive history of Canyon misadventures. These episodes span the entire era of visitation from the time of the first river exploration by John Wesley Powell and his crew of 1869 to that of tourists falling off its rims in Y2K.

These accounts of the 550 people who have met untimely deaths in the Canyon set a new high water mark for offering the most astounding array of adventures, misadventures, and life saving lessons published between any two covers. Over the Edge promises to be the most intense yet informative book on Grand Canyon ever written.

Publisher: Puma Press

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Loved it! - I wish there were more books like this one! I couldn't put it down, it was a page turner. I highly recommend it to anyone consider a hike into the Grand Canyon, especially if they are thinking of going in June, July, August, or early September.

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
A Must Read For Grand Canyon Hikers - I loved this book. Ghiglieri does a great service in writing this book, which not only offers the most comprehensive and well researched documentation on everyone who has perished in the canyon since exploring began, but he does it with a direct, macabre, and witty style. You will have a new found respect for this natural wonder of the world. It is amazing more people don't die in the Canyon! The altitude, the heat, the seeming shortcuts that turn into dead ends, the ease at which people become dehydrated, or lose their balance and fall, not to mention the killer, cold, Colorado River, the monsoonal floods,the daring rescues and the failed ones: it's all in here and it is riveting.

Customer Review: 4 out of 5
An ounce of prevention... - Interesting to read after I had hiked the Canyon. Most deaths seem to occur when people don't know what they are getting into, don't eat or drink enough fluids and lack the proper respect for the potentially severe conditions there. Hiking the Canyon is strenuous and it is a land that hikers need to understand before entering. It is like no other place on earth ... but also can be unforgiving of poorly prepared hikers. My outfitters required a written okay from the physician of all hikers over the age of 50 and this book would indicate that that is a good idea.

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon - Comprehensive and fascinating reading, the book covers every possible way people have died in Grand Canyon over the last 100+ years. While this focus on death may seem macabre, it challenges Grand Canyon visitors to take extreme care in utilizing this beautiful and treacherous national park. The book answers, in detail, the question most people ask on their first visit: "How many people fall here?" Chapters include falls from the rim and within the canyon, deaths from environmental extremes, drowning in the "Killer Colorado" River, freak errors and accidents, suicide and murder. The authors note that nearly all the deaths in the canyon occur because of "serious lack of judgement of the victim himself or herself." A must-read for anyone planning to visit Grand Canyon.

Customer Review: 5 out of 5
Masterpiece - It's hard to imagine there being another book that can squeeze more information into 350+ pages than Over The Edge. An incredible book that examines nearly all notable incidents at one of America's most prized and at times eerie locations; the Grand Canyon. I would recommend reading this book for all those who have been, or plan to go to the Canyon, which in my opinion is one of the most incredible sights on earth. You really appreciate the power or nature, and the insignificance of human life once you read this book. One of the best books I've ever read, it dispels some myths as well as peaks new interests all while exposing the reality of the danger that exists in the Canyon. Some may interpret this book as exploitation of the dead, I disagree, its central theme is "respect nature." The Grand Canyon is millions of years old, it's not going anywhere, YOU on the other hand don't quite measure up in the "grand" scheme of things..... Also recommended is Into Thin Air, John Krakauer's account of the 1996 disaster on Everest, amazing work.

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