Kevin Fedarko
New York Times best-selling author of A Walk in the Park and The Emerald Mile, Kevin Fedarko brings to life the wild places we share and the adventurers who find their solace in nature.
River Runner
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Man of Letters
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Conservationist
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River Runner • Man of Letters • Conservationist •
More about Kevin
Kevin Fedarko has spent 20 years writing and speaking about adventure, conservation, exploration, and the Grand Canyon. His writing has appeared in National Geographic, The New York Times, and Esquire, and a trio of his stories from the Himalayas, the Horn of Africa, and the Colorado River are anthologized in The Best American Travel Writing.
Kevin’s latest book A Walk in the Park: The True Story of a Spectacular Misadventure in the Grand Canyon recounts his 14-month odyssey through the Grand Canyon with National Geographic photographer Pete McBride. Their ordeal, launched with very little preparation, revealed a place that was richer and far more complex than anything the two men had imagined—and nearly killed them both. A Walk in the Park is a New York Times Bestseller, winner of the 2024 National Outdoor Book Award in Outdoor Literature, winner of the 2025 Andrew Carnegie Medal for Excellence in Nonfiction, named a Best Book of the Year by The New York Times, Air Mail, Smithsonian Magazine, and Financial Times.
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Kevin is the author of The Emerald Mile: The Epic Story of the Fastest Ride in History through the Heart of the Grand Canyon which won the National Outdoor Book Award, was a finalist for a PEN/ESPN Literary Sports Writing Award and the Banff Mountain Book Award, and became a New York Times bestseller. It recounts the true story of three river guides who in the summer of 1983 pitted their wooden dory against the largest flood to sweep the Colorado River in generations with the aim of setting an unbreakable speed record.
Speaking Topics
Resilience
Conservation
Exploration
Adventure
Nature
Culture
Watch Kevin in action
Presentations
A Walk in the Park
Join adventure writer Kevin Fedarko on an epic quest, on foot, through the entire length of the Grand Canyon—not “rim to rim” as has been tackled by many—but 750 miles “end to end.” His trek sheds light on the health and future of this national treasure and invites us to contemplate the value of wild spaces.
“What's interesting about the parks is that we hand them forward to the next generation."
– Kevin Fedarko