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Michael P. Ghiglieri

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Science, Outdoors & Nature, Adventure

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Michael P. Ghiglieri grew up at Lake Tahoe, Nevada as the great grandson of a Forty-niner, served as a US Army platoon sergeant during the Viet Nam era, then earned his Ph.D. in Ecology in 1979 from the University of California at Davis for his pioneering research on wild chimpanzees in Kiable Forest, Uganda. In addition to teaching university courses in primate behavior and ecology and in human evolution and ecology, he has directed several semesters-over-seas centers focusing on sustainable resource management (in Kenya, the Turks & Caicos, Palau, Far North Queensland, and Vancouver Island) and has worked as a wilderness river guide and EMT. Since 1974 he has run more than 660 commercial whitewater trips and also treks in Ethiopia, Java, ...more

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Average rating: 4.03 · 4,086 ratings · 587 reviews · 11 distinct works • Similar authors

	Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon by Michael P. Ghiglieri (Goodreads Author), Thomas M. Myers 4.04 avg rating — 3,692 ratings — published 2001 — 11 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Dark Side Of Man (Helix Books) by Michael P. Ghiglieri (Goodreads Author), Joshua Bilmes 3.69 avg rating — 167 ratings — published 1999 — 10 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Canyon 3.95 avg rating — 55 ratings — published 1992 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	First Through Grand Canyon: The Secret Journals & Letters of the 1869 Crew Who Explored the Green & Colorado Rivers, revised edition by Michael P. Ghiglieri (Goodreads Author), George Y. Bradley 3.91 avg rating — 35 ratings — published 2003 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Over The Edge: Death in Grand Canyon, expanded 10 year anniversay edition by Michael P. Ghiglieri (Goodreads Author), Thomas M. Myers, Kim Besom (Illustrator) 4.48 avg rating — 27 ratings — published 2001 — 5 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	East of the Mountains of the Moon: Chimpanzee Society in the African Rain Forest 4.50 avg rating — 2 ratings — published 1988 — 3 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	The Chimpanzees of Kibale Forest: A Field Study of Ecology and Social Structure really liked it 4.00 avg rating — 1 rating — published 1984 — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Boatman: Lessons of Survival from the Back of Beyond it was ok 2.00 avg rating — 2 ratings	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	River of Stone by Michael P. Ghiglieri (Goodreads Author) (Contributor), Nicholas 'Nikko' Tsiotsias (Editor), Joseph Bond (Producer) 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — published 2003	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars
	Into the Unknown: High Adventure and Hard Lessons Exploring the World's Great, Lost Wilderness Rivers 0.00 avg rating — 0 ratings — 2 editions	Error rating book. Refresh and try again. Rate this book Clear rating 1 of 5 stars 2 of 5 stars 3 of 5 stars 4 of 5 stars 5 of 5 stars

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“The aphorism that suicide is a permanent solution to a temporary problem is usually true. And remember, changing one’s mind in midair rarely works out.”
― Michael P. Ghiglieri, Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon

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“The one common thread from these incidents has been the complete lack of regard for personal safety.”
― Michael P. Ghiglieri, Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon

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“The North Rim of Grand Canyon, for example, lies at 8,000-9,000 feet elevation and is part of the huge Colorado Plateau, the world’s second largest and highest plateau after that of Tibet. Plateaus such as these, it is now known, actually create their own weather.”
― Michael P. Ghiglieri, Over the Edge: Death in Grand Canyon

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