Lost in My Own Backyard: A Walk in Yellowstone National Park

Lost in My Own Backyard: A Walk in Yellowstone National Park (Crown Journeys)

â€œLetâ€™s get lost together . . . â€

Lost in My Own Backyard brings acclaimed author Tim Cahill together with one of hisâ€”and Americaâ€™sâ€”favorite destinations: Yellowstone, the worldâ€™s first national park. Cahill has been â€œputtering around in the parkâ€ for a quarter of a century, slowly covering its vast scope and exploring its remote backwoods. So does this mean that he knows what heâ€™s doing? Hardly. â€œI live fifty miles from the park,â€ says Cahill, â€œbut proximity does not guarantee competence. Iâ€™ve spent entire afternoons not knowing exactly where I was, which is to say, I was lost in my own backyard.â€

Cahill stumbles from glacier to geyser, encounters wildlife (some of it, like bisons, weighing in the neighborhood of a ton), muses on the microbiology of thermal pools, gets spooked in the mysterious Hoodoos, sees moonbows arcing across waterfalls at midnight, and generally has a fine old time walking several hundred miles while contemplating the concept and value of wilderness. Mostly, Cahill says, â€œI have resisted the urge to commit philosophy. This is difficult to do when youâ€™re alone, twenty miles from the nearest road, and youâ€™ve just found a grizzly bear track the size of a pizza.â€

Divided into three partsâ€”â€œThe Trails,â€ which offers a variety of favorite day hikes; â€œIn the Backcountry,â€ which explores three great backcountry trails very much off the beaten track; and â€œA Selected Yellowstone Bookshelf,â€ an annotated bibliography of his favorite books on the parkâ€”this is a hilarious, informative, and perfect guide for Yellowstone veterans and first-timers alike. Lost in My Own Backyard is adventure writing at its very best.
Country USA
Brand CROWN
Manufacturer Crown
Binding Hardcover
ReleaseDate 2004-06-08
UnitCount 1
EANs 9781400046225

Country	USA
Brand	CROWN
Manufacturer	Crown
Binding	Hardcover
ReleaseDate	2004-06-08
UnitCount	1
EANs	9781400046225

Lost in My Own Backyard: A Walk in Yellowstone National Park (Crown Journeys)

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