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THE CANYON CRAWL: MURDER AND MYSTERY ON A HIKE TO PHANTOM RANCH IN GRAND CANYON by [Nicholas Noecker]

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Based on the true story of Jeff and Nick, old friends recently turned sixty, who take off with backpacks, hiking sticks, and naiveté on the remote treacherous South Kaibab Trail in the dead of winter, 2014. Destination - Phantom Ranch, a ghost town hidden in an old growth forest somewhere at the bottom of Grand Canyon. But the trail takes them in a different direction. This is the story about a broken arrow.

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July 16, 2021
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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B099PBT8Z3
Publication date ‏ : ‎ July 16, 2021
Language ‏ : ‎ English
File size ‏ : ‎ 6044 KB
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 214 pages

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Nick founded the Margaret Noecker Nature Center at The Parish School to provide nature learning experiences for children with learning differences. He lives in Houston Texas with Bob the Dog and the Cool Cats. He rides motorcycles, writes stories, and shoots photos. THE CANYON CRAWL is his first book.

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Jason Rowe

Incredible Story with a Deeper Meaning

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on February 12, 2022

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I don’t normally leave reviews, but after reading this book, I couldn’t help but share it with others and tell people how incredible of a story awaits them. There are several levels to the book, for those looking for a simple murder mystery told along a trail in the Grand Canyon, that story is there, and it is a solid story (even with pictures) to more easily draw you into the Canyon with the characters. The details are vivid, and I love that the photos aren’t even necessary, but such a lovely supplement to the story to show you the whole picture.

For those open to, or looking for, a deeper story, the allegories in the author’s writing are there and waiting for the reader who is willing to simply unpack the incredible depths of the story. I won’t spoil it for you, but I promise you won’t be disappointed. This book is a must read novel, and I’ve even gifted copies to friends! Well worth it!

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Stephen J. Callahan

A journey through time

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on September 29, 2021

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In this relatively short read, a lot is going on—numerous cross currents and tensions in time and space. It is a tale about a hike; it is a tale nothing about hiking. It is likely impossible to capture the Grand Canyon. But Nick Noecker, through the prose of physicality, philosophy, and even physics, captures many of the feelings of being present in that vast space. I know because I took that same hike in my twenty’s. Reading The Canyon Crawl in my sixties evoked much more profound musings of a journey through time—a hike and a life?! And then there is that bottle of Rioja (you will have to read the book to get that)! This is a story you can get caught up in, and that is its most compelling nature.

Reviewers note: I read The Canyon Crawl while in the most remote piece of land in the world, Kauai, Hawaii. My only other read at the time was serendipitously a reread of Don Quixote. The land assault (I have done air and sea already) of the Napali Coast has long been on the bucket list. Reading Canyon Craw made me wonder and anticipate that hike. Or not? In that way, the book was great self-help, perhaps a genre Nick did not consider. But I would do the Rioja at the end, not the beginning. Or at least both!

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Tamera K.

En vino veritas

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 1, 2021

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Ive read many classics and one constant regret that I’ve always had was: I wish I were there for the 1st edition.....

Finally, I’ve made it. This entire book, page by page, word for word, is a new insta classic. Masterpiece! Really. Really exquisite writing.

It got so exquisite upon re-reading that I could only start comparing the actual experience to drinking fine wine: open, cork, sniff, pour, taste, hold on to the taste and swallow reluctantly. Never wanted it to end, and when it did I was ready to start again for. Rereading the book the 3rd time felt like an out of body experience...

The texture of this tale even changes with time as you read it. As the moving shadows of Grand Canyon reveal a different marvel so does this book mysteriously feels different as the day light become an evening and the story reveals new riches....Try it. You will be astonished.

Now I look forward to reading it again...for the th time, and I’m already beginning to worry about how many rereads this paperback can take!

Every word in the tale matters; paying attention and discovery that they all stitch into one fabric together was so enjoyable...wow is actually a word I previously did not even really comprehend.

I can only hope for humanity's sake that the word about this book multiples and more people get to experience it. They will be missing out on their very life if they won't.

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Dr. T W Collins

Prepare to visit alternate realities

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 20, 2021

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Noecker’s The Canyon Crawl is a brilliant remembrance of two life-long friends, Nico and Jeff, as they descend on foot into the Grand Canyon, their destination aptly named Phantom Ranch. The descent is as treacherous as the descent into Dante’s Inferno and Nico finds himself out of his element having to be twice saved from certain death by his compatriot Jeff. Their journey is a story of twists and turns like the switchbacks they traverse to arrive at Phantom Ranch.

As he fights to survive, Nico’s ascent out of the canyon becomes a surreal journey that is accomplished with the help of the talking creatures that guide him along the way. It is as though Plato had become lost in the shadow cave of his own making, only to have Carlos Castaneda guide him out. But what has happened to Jeff?

Noecker’s writing is taught, but adept at blending esoteric musings on quantum physics and out-of-body experiences with the harsh realities of the ever-present death that awaits the unaware and uninitiated on a descent into the Grand Canyon in the dead of winter.

The photos interspersed within the novel only hint at what was seen and one hopes a book of illustrations follows this marvelous allegory reminiscent of a Pilgrim’s Progress.

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orell fitzsimmons

Sometimes life is a fantasy, some times a dream.

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 15, 2021

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Sometimes life is a fantasy, sometimes a dream. On the wall of Plato’s cave you see rapidly changing structures and imperfect images of an underlining reality, like what is experienced during Nick’s dive into the Grand Canyon in his book, The Canyon Crawl. Taoism teaches about a cosmic force which flows through all things and living a life in natural harmony with nature. Nick’s trip does exactly that as his book takes you down the South Kaibab Trail to Phantom Ranch. He includes in his wondering mention of Carlos Castaneda, Plato, Don Quixote, Homer and the infamous Ross Lence, the Professor. Read this. Book with joy, because it is truly a marvel.

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Diane Senter

Partly truth partly fiction, I think, you decide

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on August 7, 2021

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This is not just a book about hiking the Grand Canyon. As a person in her sixties, if I didnt know before reading this novel, I know now I will stick to living vicariously through those who have risked it. The author paints a picture of absolute beauty, fear, conquest and if you pay close attention mystery (the clues are there). I won't say more. The accompanying photos at www.thecanyoncrawl.com are mesmerizing. Time to go back to the canyon, but only to view it from the rim.

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Marie Noecker

Great read for Adventure seekers!

Reviewed in the United States 🇺🇸 on July 18, 2021

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I was mesmerized . I felt like I was in the Canyon with the author.
Stunning photos. Will need to read again from my RV while traveling to the Canyon. Recommend this book for travelers whether on the road or in the skies.

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An enthralling tale from a great storyteller

Reviewed in the United Kingdom 🇬🇧 on July 24, 2021

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I read this in a single session. Get comfortable, open a really good red wine and enjoy.

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