Grand Canyon Treks:
12,000 Miles Through the
Grand Canyon
By Harvey Butchart

Credited with finding more than 116 new approaches to the Colorado River and with summiting 83 of the 183 named peaks in the Grand Canyon (35 of those being first ascents), Backpacker Magazine called Harvey Butchart the "undisputed king of extreme and obsessive Grand Canyon hiking."

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6"x 9" 288 pages
$16.95/U.S.
ISBN 978-0-9647530-2-0

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Harvey Butchart

WW Bass with his "family" (Photo: Grand Canyon Museum)

I set about tracking down the experts on foot travel in the Canyon . . . they totaled one. . . Harvey Butchart
Colin Fletcher The Man Who Walked Through Time

Born in Illinois, Butchart accepted a position teaching mathematics at Northern Arizona University in Flagstaff hoping that the dry climate of the high desert would alleviate his daughter's asthma. Shortly after arriving, a day trip to the Grand Canyon changed his life forever.

Ultimately, Butchart explored the most remote areas of the Canyon's rugged wilderness from Lee's Ferry, through steep canyons and rambling plateaus to Lake Mead. Hiking more than 12,000 miles in a combined total of 1,000 days, a distance comparable to walking halfway around the earth, Butchart is considered the leading authority on backcountry hiking in the Canyon.

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