A review by aude_hofleitner
The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon by Kevin Fedarko

4.0

This is a great book both about an incredible physical, mental and emotional feat as well as incredible history about the Grand Canyon and its evolution through the damns built over the Colorado river. It also provides strong reflexions on the impact of damns, the (sometimes broken) relationships between governing bodies and the power of natural elements.
Unfortunately I was reading this as audio with Ryan and I struggled to keep my attention as the story sometimes drifted into longer details on some characters. As we were only listening to the book while on longer car rides, the flow of the story was interrupted, sometimes by long periods of time.