Schedule of Upcoming Lectures, Classes, and Book Signings
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September 28 – The art documentary film The Colorado will be showing as the keynote program at the Escalante Canyons Arts Festival. For more information about the film, please see The Colorado. We will have a Q and A after the program and be selling the book The Colorado as well. Please join us!
October 15 through October 22 – Tapeats to Deer Creek geology and natural history backpack, offered through Grand Canyon Association Field Institute. This backpacking trip follows one of the most amazing loops in the Grand Canyon. From the red rock beauty of the Esplanade to the rushing streams of Tapeats and Deer Creeks, this hike has pretty much everything! We will have lots of time for exploring the creeks and several side hikes, and we will be able to explore everything from geology to ecology, archeology, and history. Co-instructor is Lisa biologist and naturalist Lisa Kearsely. FULL
October 28 – Devil’s Playground day hike in Petrified Forest National Park with the Petrified Forest Field Institute. This day-long exploration of the strange and wonderful world of Petrified Forest will take us to the Devil’s Playground. This portion of the wilderness area of the park is a wonderful secret, one that they usually only give a few permits to hikers for each day. We’ll explore strange shaped rocks, and incredible deposits of petrified wood, and look for other fossils in areas that early paleontologists worked in many decades ago.
March 6 through 19 – Whale watching and sea kayaking in Baja California. This trip will be run through Baja Expeditions, a long-time leader in wilderness travel in the region. I work with them occasionally here in Baja California, one of my favorite places in the world. The trip will start on the Pacific side of the peninsula, where we will spend a few days at BE’s wonderful Campo Ramon, exploring the wonders of the land and water there, and watching gray whales. Then we move to the Sea of Cortez side, where we will spend about 8 days on a boat-supported sea kayak, camping, hiking, and snorkeling trip. This is a wonderful place, and I am so excited to be able to offer this trip. Please contact This Earth for information about the schedule, price, etc. FIVE SPACES LEFT
April 14 through 21 – Natural history backpacking from the Kanab Creek Wilderness to Deer Creek. Offered through Grand Canyon Association Field Institute. This backpack begins in the extraordinary Kanab Creek Wilderness, on the north rim of the Grand Canyon, west of Jacob Lake. We will enter via Sowats Canyon, make our way down Kanab Creek to the Colorado River, and then travel upstream to Deer Creek, where we will exit the canyon via the Thunder River Trail to Indian Hollow. This is a beautiful and little-known route, one that travels through narrow silvery limestone slot canyons, past trickling springs and waterfalls, and up to the red rock beauty of the Esplanade Platform.
May 17 through 23 – Natural history backpacking in Paria Canyon. Offered through Grand Canyon Association Field Institute. This 7-day backpack begins at Lees Ferry, where we will explore the interplay between geology and history. We will then begin our hike down the incredible canyon of the Paria, back to Lees Ferry. This exquisite sandstone canyon is a real gem—a reminder of the lost wonders of Glen Canyon.
July 16 through 31 – Hiker’s Special Alsek River with Alaska Discovery/Mountain Travel Sobek. This 16-day raft trip in the Yukon, British Columbia and southeast Alaska traverses some of the most incredible scenery you can imagine. The river flows through an extraordinary wilderness of glaciers, icebergs, gorgeous flowers, bears and other wildlife. The river is fast and braided in most areas, with a couple days of super fun waves and rapids going through the canyons. Wildlife, scenery, and hiking are why you come on this trip! Please contact This Earth for more information. NINE SPACES LEFT
September 24 through October 11 – Colorado River trip through the Grand Canyon. This special 18 day charter trip will be run through Tour West, Inc., a river company that I work with often on charter trips. This is one of the best journeys one can take anywhere in the world, and I can’t recommend it highly enough. Please contact This Earth for more information. TRIP IS FULL BUT WE ARE TAKING NAMES FOR A WAITING LIST.
November 9 through 13 – Natural history exploration of the Toroweap/Lava Falls area of the western Grand Canyon. Offered through Grand Canyon Association Field Institute. This 5-day trip will have us car camping at the Tuweep Campground, one of the most beautiful campgrounds imaginable. We will day hike and explore everything from volcanoes to old mining routes, and perhaps even have a chance to take the infamous “Lava Falls Route” down to the river at Lava Falls Rapid. It’s not for the faint of heart!