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    3038 Hennepin Ave Minneapolis, MN
    612-822-4611

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Canyon Solitude: A Woman's Solo River Journey Through the Grand Canyon

Canyon Solitude: A Woman's Solo River Journey Through the Grand Canyon

McCairen, Patricia C.

Paperback

Series: Adventura Books

Biographies GeneralGeneral Water Sports

ISBN10: 1580050077
ISBN13: 9781580050074
Publisher: Seal Pr Ca
Published: Apr 1 1998
Pages: 304
Weight: 0.47
Height: 0.64 Width: 5.07 Depth: 7.32
Language: English

It's well known that Mother River doesn't like a smart aleck, says Patricia McCairen. Accordingly, she plies her oars with reverence and skill on a sometimes hair-raising solo rafting trip along the Colorado River that winds though the stupendous stone valleys of the American Grand Canyon. Like the waters of the Colorado, which change from long, still stretches to boiling white water that barely clothes sharp rocks and hides holes that can suck down a raft, McCairen's moods--and even her name--change as the miles unwind. One moment, she's the cocky, athletic river guide Babe; the next, she's an earthier, more spiritual woman who answers to the name of Patch. Hours later, she seems more vulnerable, less convinced of her strength and joy in the solitude she so zealously courts. Canyon Solitude records these shifts and beautifully limns a journey that tests McCairen's mettle and shows that determination, grit, and the will to spurn conventional rewards offer their own deep satisfactions.

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