Running Wild: An Extraordinary Adventure from the Spiritual World of Running - Softcover

Annerino, John

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1560251751 ISBN 13: 9781560251750

Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press, 1997

Synopsis

In this story of rare triumph, John Annerino chronicles his progress from injury to recovery to victory. Badly hurt in a climbing accident and told he would never run again, the author defied his doctors and his own overwhelming pain to run the length of the Grand Canyon three times, rediscovering Native American trade routes lost to modern knowledge. An incredible journey and spiritual quest to the limits of physical and mental endurance, Running Wild takes you there and leaves you breathless.

About this title

From the Author:

Researched throughout the Grand Canyon, Colorado River, Painted Desert, Hopi mesas, Havasupai canyons, Southwest deserts, and Mexico's Sierra Tarahumara, the essays feature long-distance wilderness runs in the Bradshaw Mountains, on El Camino del Diablo, across the Galiuro Wilderness, along the Mojave Trail; the first ascent of the Southwest Face of Zoroaster Temple, Grand Canyon; and the first multi-day, end-to-end journey runs through the Grand Canyon tracing ancient and historic trails along cliffs, canyons, and hanging terraces: 170-mile run below the South Rim, 210-mile run along the ancient Hopi / Havasupai trade from Oraibi to Havasupai, 250-mile run below the seldom-explored North Rim. Also included are the long distance running traditions of the Tarahumara (Rarámuri, "foot runners") of Mexico's Sierra Madre and Barranca del Cobre, and the running prowess of the Grand Canyon's Hopi and Havasupai. 24 black-and-white photos, Grand Canyon line drawing map, Appendix of the author's training, Cartography, Bibliography.

From the Inside Flap:

"For us, Running Wild is a fantasy. The sun is up, the air is fresh, the stone is old, and we are free and at peace and the clocks have stopped because another kind of time has taken over, one where the dead can speak and nothing ever really dies. The Canyon, well, they tell us the Canyon is called Grand, but we have moved past such words. Our feet are taking us right into stone."
-- Charles Bowden, author of Blue Desert

About this edition

• Publisher: Thunder's Mouth Press
• Publication date: 1997
• ISBN 10: 1560251751
• ISBN 13: 9781560251750
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 206