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Let's Get Real: A Walk in the Park by Kevin Fedarko

True Story of Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon

2025-10-20 18:00:00 2025-10-20 19:00:00 America/New_York Let's Get Real: A Walk in the Park by Kevin Fedarko Two friends, zero preparation, one dream. A few years after quitting his job to follow an ill-advised dream of becoming a guide on the Colorado River... Main Library - Adult Program Room

Monday, October 20
6:00pm - 7:00pm

Add to Calendar 2025-10-20 18:00:00 2025-10-20 19:00:00 America/New_York Let's Get Real: A Walk in the Park by Kevin Fedarko Two friends, zero preparation, one dream. A few years after quitting his job to follow an ill-advised dream of becoming a guide on the Colorado River... Main Library - Adult Program Room

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Two friends, zero preparation, one dream. A few years after quitting his job to follow an ill-advised dream of becoming a guide on the Colorado River...

...Kevin Fedarko was approached by his best friend, National Geographic photographer Pete McBride, with a vision as bold as it was harebrained. Together, they would embark on an end-to-end traverse of the Grand Canyon, a journey that, McBride promised, would be “a walk in the park.” Against his better judgment, Fedarko agreed, unaware that the small cluster of experts who had completed the crossing billed it as “the toughest hike in the world.”  The ensuing ordeal, which lasted more than a year, revealed a place that was deeper, richer, and far more complex than anything the two men had imagined—and came within a hair’s breadth of killing them both. 

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