Over The Edge
Revised and Expanded Third Edition

I borrowed this book from the library prior to a trip to the Grand Canyon a few years ago- I found it interesting and a good warning to be careful when I was there (and was preaching to my husband and my children the whole time.) Crazily enough, we ended up witnessing a man falling to his death that......more

I heard about Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon while reading two of Kevin Fedarko's books, The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History Through the Heart of the Grand Canyon and A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon. Over the Edge:......more

As an outdoor adventure enthusiast, I thought it might behoove me to read this book. The take-away lesson is that the overwhelming preponderance of deaths and other mishaps are the result of poor judgement or a lack of knowledge. Some of these matters are no brainers, such as guard rails with warnin......more

The quintessential souvenir of any visit to the Grand Canyon and one of the very best books on America’s greatest natural wonder. Confession: a buddy of mine almost fell off the edge of Grand Canyon. We were descending Angel Bright trail along with a crowd of other tourists; the trail being very, ver......more

2.5** The subtitle is all the summary anyone needs: Gripping accounts of all known fatal mishaps in the most famous of the World’s Seven Natural Wonders. And the cover adds to this by showing skeletal remains and a mid-air collision. The authors recount all the fatalities occurring in the canyon are......more