An insightful personal narrative about the most spectacular canyon system in all of North America. "Mexico’s Copper Canyon Country" features invaluable information on trip planning and traveling in Mexico; route descriptions of mellow day hikes and strenuous multi-day backpacks; and John Fayhee’s personal experiences with the Tarahumara Indians. An indispensable guide to a spectacular land and its people.
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M. John Fayhee is a contributing editor to "Backpacker" and a veteran outdoor writer who has written for "Sports Illustrated," "Outside," "Sierra," "Islands," "Adventure Travel," "Summit," and "Canoe." Fayhee lives with his wife, Gay Gangel-Fayhee, in Summit County, Colorado, where he works as an editor/writer for the "Summit Daily News." Fayhee is also the author of "Along the Colorado Trail."
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M. John Fayhee is the author of "Mexico's Copper Canyon Country," "Up At Altitude: A Celebration of Life in the High Country," "Along the Colorado Trail," "Along the Arizona Trail," "Along Colorado's Continental Divide Trail" and "A Colorado Winter." He also contributed to "Comeback Wolves" and "When in Doubt Go Higher: A Mountain Gazette Anthology." His next book, "Bottoms Up: M. John Fayhee's Greatest Hits from the Mountain Gazette," will be published in June 2010 by Round Mountain Publishing. His "Colorado Mountain Companion," will be published by Round Mountain in autumn 2010.
Fayhee was a contributing editor at Backpacker magazine for more than 10 years. In 2000, along with two partners, Fayhee helped re-launch the iconic Mountain Gazette, where he is still indentured as an editor. He splits his time between New Mexico's Gila Country and the Colorado High Country, where, despite his increasing decrepitude, he still gets out into the woods almost every day.
Fayhee was a contributing editor at Backpacker magazine for more than 10 years. In 2000, along with two partners, Fayhee helped re-launch the iconic Mountain Gazette, where he is still indentured as an editor. He splits his time between New Mexico's Gila Country and the Colorado High Country, where, despite his increasing decrepitude, he still gets out into the woods almost every day.
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19 of 19 people found the following review helpful:
2.0 out of 5 stars
Get topo maps instead,
By Jared Pruch (Colorado Springs, Colorado) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mexico's Copper Canyon Country (Paperback)
This book is more of a travelogue than a guidebook. I was expecting maps, trail lengths, phone numbers for hostels: the kind of things you get in a Lonely Planet or Falcon Books guide. Fayhee's book is a series of stories about his trips to Copper Canyon with a repetitious exhortation to "get a guide!" for most of the hikes he lists. If I wanted a guide I wouldn't have bought a guidebook. For anyone comfortable with some degree of self-reliance, go for topo maps and local contacts instead of this book.
9 of 9 people found the following review helpful:
3.0 out of 5 stars
entertaining but doubtfully useful as a trail guide,
By James R. Bouldin (Grass Valley, CA United States) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mexico's Copper Canyon Country (Paperback)
If you want to read interesting and funny adventures about foot travel in Copper Canyon, this is a great book. Fayhee is a a good writer, quite funny in a Dave Barry kind of way--especially with his use of exaggeration. In that respect, it's one of the best travel guide books I've read. HOWEVER, I bought the book to get solid details on the trails of the area (including maps), and in this respect, the book is fatally lacking. After long essays on Fayhee's personal hiking experiences, the last 10% or less of each chapter is devoted specifics of the actual routes, and even that information is often none too specific. It seems to me that I am still stuck with buying topo maps and asking around for more detailed info on routes when I get down there. There's no way I would ever carry this book on a trip and attempt to navigate from it. I am returning it for this reason.
17 of 20 people found the following review helpful:
5.0 out of 5 stars
Very Inciteful on Copper Canyon Adventures,
By Dennis J Bobilya (New Hampshire, USA) - See all my reviews
This review is from: Mexico's Copper Canyon Country (Paperback)
Fayhee's book was incredibly valuable during our recent 6 day adventure to the copper canyon. I read through four books on the subject, and found this book to be the most insightful of all. Some of the specifics are a little out of date since this place is changing so incredibly rapidly, but the stories and anecdotes were very inciteful. Best if used in conjunction with a more recent Guidebook. The suggestions and advice were most helpful in selecting the limited locations we could explore in our allotted time. Enjoyable to read and study in preparation, and the only book we took along with photocopied pages from other books.
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