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The Man Who Walked Through Time Free FREE THE MAN WHO WALKED THROUGH TIME PDF Colin Fletcher | 247 pages | 01 Nov 1998 | Random House USA Inc | 9780679723066 | English | New York, United States The Man Who Walked Through Time by Colin Fletcher: | : Books Goodreads helps you keep track of books you want to read. Want to Read saving…. Want to Read Currently Reading Read. Other editions. Enlarge cover. Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Open Preview See a Problem? Details if other :. Thanks for telling us about the problem. Return to Book Page. The Man Who Walked Through Time is a remarkable classic of nature writing, an account of a journey both physical and spiritual. A detour from U. It is also a record of the Grand Canyon as it was before the massive influx of tourism. Fletcher's descript The Man Who Walked Through Time is a remarkable classic of nature writing, an account of a journey both physical and spiritual. Fletcher's descriptions of the spectacular geography, the wildlife, and the remnants of much older cultures serve to remind us that the Grand Canyon has been around longer than humankind and may The Man Who Walked through Time outlast us. Get A Copy. Paperbackpages. Published May 14th by Vintage first published More Details Original Title. Other Editions Friend Reviews. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Lists with This Book. Community Reviews. Showing Rating details. More filters. Sort order. Jan 02, Thom rated it it was amazing Shelves: non-fiction. A really interesting travelogue, varying from the technical to the contemplative. The author walks upstream through the Grand Canyon some 50 years ago, in some places where it is likely The Man Who Walked through Time one walked before. His meditations on animals and geology are fascinating, and while he didn't encounter any great mishaps, Colin Fletcher presents himself as very human. Perhaps the most amazing thing to me is that this book was constructed after his adventure from notes in a journal. Selected this book from V A really interesting travelogue, varying from the technical to the contemplative. Selected this book from Vanya's top 10 books that influenced list, and I can definitely see why she enjoyed it. Dec 14, Ensiform rated it it was ok Shelves: non-fictiontravel. Fletcher, supposedly the first man to walk the length of the Grand Canyon, below the Rim seems unlikelywrote a book about it. And each time he would then begin to scrutinize the Canyon and have another grand Moment, and repeat himself about escaping the trivia again. All very tiresome; still there are some good scenes here, and his final chapter, consisting of his ruminations on Man, is pretty interesting. I just wish we had more of a memoir of what it was like to walk and live in the Canyon, not a diary of forced mystical epiphanies. Oct 07, Naseem rated it it was amazing. I wish everyone who has ever visited the Grand Canyon would read this book. The casual visitor, who only sees the canyon from its rim, will learn about the grottos, the heat, the side canyons, the sweet scent of water, and the nearly The Man Who Walked through Time billion year The Man Who Walked through Time mountain roots that form the unseen base of the canyon, and all the millions of years of ocean silt and dust and dune sand that make up its upper reaches. The reader will learn about night in the canyon, and the path of the canyon, and the tests o I wish everyone who has ever visited the Grand Canyon would read this book. The reader will learn about night in the canyon, and the path of the canyon, and the tests of the canyon, and the dreams and history and call of the canyon, and the endurance and strength of will and The Man Who Walked through Time that it takes to meet that call. If you are a backpacker, bring this book in with you - it's light enough to do so, and you will appreciate Fletcher's ordeal even more as you struggle in and out of the earth's largest cleavage. If you are just a dreamer, never having seen The Man Who Walked through Time place, then read the book, and start having new dreams of a world so different, so un-obfuscated by the drum beat The Man Who Walked through Time modern life, so filled with the fortunes of silence that your dreaming may just take you to this section of the Colorado Plateau, and change your life forever. Mar 25, Bryony rated it really liked it. I like it very much. Makes me realize how much I missed when we went to the Grand Canyon and meerly peered in! Also, I found this inspiring, and showed the power of something as simple as walking, because this man's walking trips have showed him such amazing things going slow enough to really notice things, getting more up close and personal than whizzing by in a car or plane. View all The Man Who Walked through Time comments. Feb 02, Chris Gager rated it liked it. I love hiking and I love Arizona. Never got to the Grand Canyon - yet. The style so far seems a but overwrought but maybe it'll calm down once the guy gets onto the trail. Our man's The Man Who Walked through Time the trail now and dealing with the hard realities of The Man Who Walked through Time canyon. He's not in any tourist areas right now That'll come later. It helps to look at a map of the area and get a grip of how much of the gorge is really isolated because of its ruggedness - impressive! When the author describes his walk through Supai he sounds condescending and snotty, much like Edward Abbey. Then there's the trying-too-hard prose of damselflies "making passionate love". The man's an earnest blowhard. My progress sort of mirrors the author's. I'm looking at a map as I read along. When he sticks to the physical-mental challenge it's pretty interesting. After trekking through some dicey areas made me feel queasy just reading some of it the author is now approaching the tourist areas. The Grand Canyon and many other places on the planet are amazing, awesome, humbling but I "love" his take on bighorn sheep admiring the view of the canyon. He knows more than zoologists I guess! Rocks don't "live"! You might say he could SEE the rhythm of the rock I was at boarding school in Connecticut. The guy was born in - my father's generation. I suppose that accounts for the low-grade, awkward, Steinbeck-ism. Finished up last night with the expected mixed feelings. I can empathize a bit with the author as to my state s of mind when I'm "out there" but his yearning for meaning and understanding seems to go The Man Who Walked through Time beyond mine. He seems to want too much. I assume from reading this and his wiki page that the guy was a doer, a seeker etc. All over the globe in fact The kind of person who might strike you as a major pain in the butt one minute and quite endearing another. He'd probably be dead now anyway but his life was cut somewhat short by the complications from being hit by a car. How ironic! Many more notes Never heard it used before but I suppose it is a word. Of course! The zoologists are wrong and your romanticisms right. Probably s. The The Man Who Walked through Time super-sensitive. I'm happy at times to be wearing only shorts, socks and boots but that's as far as I'm going. It IS tough to truly "get". The guy seems to be looking for The Man Who Walked through Time kind of cosmic god-ness. He passes right over this part. Doesn't like the company? A nature snob! Plus, he can't hike naked. This guy has way too much blah-blah to share about his one-ness with the wildlife! The Man Who Walked Through Time - Wikipedia When Fletcher conducted the trip inthe park did not encompass the entire length of the canyon; it was later expanded The Man Who Walked through Time it did. Fletcher thus only walked about half of the physical canyon, though he was correct in saying he was the first to walk the section of the canyon designated as a national park. Kenton Gruaa professional river guide, was the first person in recorded history to walk the entire length of the Grand Canyon, in He was inspired by Fletcher's book but set out to "do it right" by walking the canyon from end to end, not just the section inside the park. From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. Book by Colin Fletcher. Nelson The Man Who Walked through Time 16, Los Angeles Times. Retrieved March 7, Grand Canyon. Havasupai Hualapai. Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description matches Wikidata All stub articles. Namespaces Article Talk. Views Read Edit View history. 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