How People Die in Grand Canyon

[liveonearth]

Over the Edge: Death in the Grand Canyon
by Tom Myers and Michael Ghiglieri

This book logs all the mistakes you can make at the Grand Canyon.  There's an interview with the authors here.  There have been some changes since the first edition.  There are more environmental deaths, climbing deaths down in the canyon, and suicides than when the book

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[neptunia67]

My friend who is the Medical Examiner tells me his workload increases significantly in summer due to GC deaths.

[anterastilis]

I read this book many years ago - I bought it as a joke for a friend who wouldn't get too close to the edge when we went to the Grand Canyon. Prior to giving it to her I skimmed it...and then devoured it.

I don't know why I found it so fascinating. I will say that I became a much more aware and safety-conscious hiker afterwards.