Travel to Arizona

Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon

Format: Paperback
Author: Thomas M. Myers
ReleaseDate: 25 May, 2001
Publisher: Puma Press
Rating:

Great book!
It should be required reading for all visitors. I thought the book was fascinating and my husband liked it, too! It certainly gave me a healthy new respect for the perils of nature and man's limitations in dealing with it. From a nurse's standpoint I think the authors did a great job explaining things, like the effects of dehydration, in a way that most people could understand and benefit from if they knew them before they visited. Buy it because it's a compelling read. I read it aloud to my husband as we crossed western Kansas on the way home from the Canyon. The time flew by and we got lots of good information and advice in the bargain. .

VERY INTERESTING and INFORMATIVE!
I found the book very interesting; enjoying the detailed accounts of deaths attributed to various reasons, including murder, falls, as well as environmental ends. I purchased this book after climbing out of the Grand Canyon, concluding my 3 day hike from the North to the South rim. I was very surprised at the number of murders that took place at the famous El Tovar Hotel, located in Grand Canyon Village. For all the deaths that occured in the canyon, I was amazed that there were overall so few, considering the millions that visit each year to view from the rim, and the many (like I) that hike into the canyon. I also was surprised that there were no mule train deaths listed. . . especially as I was passing them on my hike, I noted how closely the animals walked along the edge! This is definately an interesting read! Even more so if you have visited the canyon. .

Macabre, Exciting, Informative, And Yet Riveting
It is WELL WORTH the trip. If you ever get the chance to go to the Big Ditch (aka the Grand Canyon National Park), do so. I've been twice, including once to see the sunrise over the mountainous gorge. But it was that first trip that was unbelievable.

We stayed in a cheap motel (I'm sure you know the number) in Williams, Arizona, and we hopped a train the fifty or so miles to Big Ditch. As an avid reader, there wasn't much other than sage to see out the window, so I picked up this book. And I simply couldn't put it down.

It tells story after story - every known story in existence, in fact - of those who have met the Grim Reaper in the Canyon. The number one question - by far - is, "How many people have died here?" This book not only answers that most common question, but also tells each known story (or at least the finding of the body) in riveting detail.

I expected it might make me rather sick. In many cases, wasted lives of people who didn't have to die and all too often impaired by the 'two beers' that all DWIs have traditionally had right before getting stopped. It starts with the desperate pleas of a woman who has gone too far as dusk settles in and ends with her lifeless body being put aboard a chopper.

It will captivate you, frighten you, and make you think twice before you do something stupid at the Big Ditch.

HIGHLY recommended.

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