226: How I Became the First Blind Person to Kayak the Grand Canyon

by Lonnie Bedwell and Joel Canfeld

Book Overview

Lonnie Bedwell (U.S. Navy, retired) shares his incredible and inspiring true story of becoming the first blind person to navigate a kayak through 226 miles of dangerous whitewater river flowing through the Grand Canyon. Bedwell embarked on this brave and historic undertaking to raise public awareness of the plight of disabled veterans, and to show these veterans, many of whom suffer from clinical depression, what they could achieve by taking advantage...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0981471099
• ISBN13: 9780981471099
• Release Date: July 2015
• Publisher: Pro Player Press
• Length: 196 Pages
• Weight: 0.55 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.2" x 8.0"