Comments on: An outdoor library: Books to own

By: Paul Mags

Paul Mags — Mon, 18 Mar 2024 03:33:34 +0000

In reply to Jay Cliftmann. Good to see some progress for sure! Based on how busy the Zion bus system can get (I used it back in 2019), I think other parks could use it as well. We'll see what the future brings!

By: Jay Cliftmann

Jay Cliftmann — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 04:57:06 +0000

I read the Industrial Tourism part of Desert Solitaire you linked and loved it. I don’t know if his suggestions would work, but in the southern part of Zion’s they have done what he said: shuttles up and down, bikes if you want to, and a walking path if you want to. They may have done it out of necessity, but at least his ideas are working somewhere! People have to get out of their cars and experience the wonder.

By: Paul Mags

Paul Mags — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 23:11:39 +0000

In reply to Colorado Jones. A favorite of mine as well. I pass Holyoak Lane almost every day. :)

By: Colorado Jones

Colorado Jones — Wed, 17 Nov 2021 17:30:47 +0000

Speaking of Edward Abbey, another book worth reading is A Fool’s Progress, chronicling the life of the fictitious Henry Lightcap, an Easterner who is so captivated by the wonders of the West that he drops out of graduate school to pursue a Thoreauvian lifestyle as a seasonal forest ranger. Perhaps my favorite Lightcap quote in the book is (my paraphrase), “I decided I wanted to be a philosopher not a teacher of philosophy.”

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By: John Foraker

John Foraker — Fri, 02 Aug 2019 13:14:26 +0000

Enjoyed Th musings so much that I went and got my The Complete Walker 3 and journeyed thru Th pages of time…can’t believe it’s almost been 30 yrs since I purchased it.

I also enjoyed Peter Jenkins’ Walk Across America books.

Have fun in New Mexico…next time I’m in Moab, let’s meet at Th brewery for a cold one!

John

By: Paul Mags

Paul Mags — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 15:08:10 +0000

In reply to Nick Gatel.

Ha! Yeah a “better” title and a listicle would have bumped up my SEO! 😉

River is among my favorite books as well. and “The Man Who Walked Through Time” was a birthday gift one year just before I moved to Colorado.

Grand Obsession is a book I have been meaning to read.

By: Nick Gatel

Nick Gatel — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 08:30:51 +0000

Instead of using bullet points, you should have used a numbered list… that way your first five would be my top 5 favorite outdoor books of all time! Scary… it means you have a twisted future 🙂

I’ll assume you have read most of Fletcher’s other works – highly recommended.

If you haven’t read it, you would like Grand Obsession: Harvey Butchart and the Exploration of Grand Canyon

By: jim

jim — Wed, 02 Mar 2016 01:32:57 +0000

Thanks a good bit of inspiration to keep me tweaked