Hiking and Exploring Utah's San Rafael Swell - Softcover

Kelsey, Michael R.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0944510019 ISBN 13: 9780944510018

Publisher: Kelsey Publishing, 1990

Synopsis

SAN RAFAEL SWELL 3RD EDThis book combines a hiking and travel guide to Utah's Henry Mountains, as well as the Robbers Roost, an area made famous by Butch Cassidy and the Wild Bunch. This book combines high mountain climbs as well as deep desert canyon hikes. About half the book is devoted to hiking, with 38 hikes and climbs. The second half concentrates on the history of Indians, early white explorers, ghost towns, ranchers, miners, and a chapter on the Life and Legend of Butch Cassidy. It also has sections on geology and Utah's wild buffalo herd, one of the few free-roaming bison herds in the USA.Michael Kelsey 9780944510179

About this title

About the Author

The author was born in 1943, and experienced his earliest years of life in eastern Utah's Uinta Basin; first near the town of Myton, then Roosevelt. In 1954, the family moved to Provo, where he attended Provo High School, and later Brigham Young University, where he earned a B.S. degree in Sociology. Shortly thereafter he discovered that was the wrong subject, so he attended the University of Utah, where he received his Master of Science degree in Geography, finishing that in June, 1970.

It was then real life began, for on June 9, 1970, he put a pack on his back and started traveling for the first time. Since then he has seen 223 countries, republics, islands, or island groups. All this wandering has resulted in a number of books written and published by himself. Here are his books, listed in the order they were first published: Climber's and Hiker's Guide to the World's Mountains and Volcanos (4th Edition), Utah Mountaineering Guide (3rd Edition); China on Your Own and the Hiking Guide to China's Nine Sacred Mountains (3rd Edition-Out of Print); Canyon Hiking Guide to the Colorado Plateau (4th Edition); Hiking and Exploring Utah's San Rafael Swell (3rd Edition); Hiking and Exploring Utah's Henry Mountains and Robbers Roost (Revised Edition); Hiking and Exploring the Paria River (3rd Edition); Hiking and Climbing in the Great Basin National Park (Wheeler Peak, Nevada); Boater's Guide to Lake Powell--Featuring Hiking, Camping, Geology, History and Archaeology (2nd Updated Edition); Climbing and Exploring Utah's Mt. Timpanogos; River Guide to Canyonlands National Park & Vicinity; Hiking, Biking and Exploring Canyonlands National Park & Vicinity; The Story of Black Rock, Utah; and Hiking, Climbing and Exploring Western Utah's Jack Watson's Ibex Country.

He also helped his mother Venetta B. Kelsey, write & publish a book about the town she was born and raised in, Life on the Black Rock Desert--A History of Clear Lake, Utah.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kelsey Publishing
• Publication date: 1990
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0944510019
• ISBN 13: 9780944510018
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 160