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adventurous
challenging
emotional
informative
inspiring
reflective
relaxing
slow-paced
4.5
Removed half a star because Abbey had a staggering lack of self awareness at times (whining about tourists and trash but rolling a tire into the grand canyon, complaining about roads and cars but driving himself all around the greater Utah area in a government vehicle, writing a whole chapter on the sad state of native Americans with zero mention of why they have so many problems--white men committed genocide on their populations, etc).
But other than him being a Racist and Sexist White Man of a Certain Age, the book is gorgeous. You will be transported. I read this after 4-5 trips to Utah in the Moab/Arches/Canyonlands/Lake Powell areas and i loved visualizing all the places i love so well and what they were like decades ago before significant development. Arches, exploring canyons, rock scrambling, floating the Colorado past Bullfrog, and in the very last chapter they go to the Maze, one place i haven't been--ugh, so good. If you miss Utah, read this book. If you don't life Utah yet, read this book and get there.
I'll be looking for similar works next, but without the obnoxious narrator. Going to try pilgrim at tinker Creek again, then make for Terry Tempest Williams.
But other than him being a Racist and Sexist White Man of a Certain Age, the book is gorgeous. You will be transported. I read this after 4-5 trips to Utah in the Moab/Arches/Canyonlands/Lake Powell areas and i loved visualizing all the places i love so well and what they were like decades ago before significant development. Arches, exploring canyons, rock scrambling, floating the Colorado past Bullfrog, and in the very last chapter they go to the Maze, one place i haven't been--ugh, so good. If you miss Utah, read this book. If you don't life Utah yet, read this book and get there.
I'll be looking for similar works next, but without the obnoxious narrator. Going to try pilgrim at tinker Creek again, then make for Terry Tempest Williams.
Content Warnings
Moderate: Ableism and Alcohol
Minor: Murder, Death, Racism, Colonisation, Alcoholism, Animal cruelty, Animal death, and Racial slurs
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