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Searching for Tao Canyon Hardcover – June 21, 2018

by Pat Morrow (Author), Jeremy Schmidt (Author), Art Tomey (Author)
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A stunning book of retro, mind-bending photography that unlocks a hidden world of natural wonder, personal reflection and outdoor adventure.

More than 40 years ago, British Columbia photographer Art Twomey stumbled across a narrow crack in the desert floor in northern Arizona. It was a slot canyon, a stone crevasse – narrow, carved by water, its interior lost in shadow when seen by a curious person peering in from the rim.

Twomey’s photos from that day were unlike anything he had ever put on emulsion. They pictured a dream world, an intricate underground fantasy where lines bent, topsy met turvy, upside was down, inside was out. The images made as much sense backwards as forwards, which is to say they made no sense at all.

For over a decade, Twomey, Morrow and Schmidt spent spring and fall seasons hauling their cameras through the wildest, most intricately carved slot canyons they could find. At the time, slots were virtually unknown, their exquisite beauties not yet appreciated. There were no guidebooks, no guided tours, no high-resolution satellite images to work from. A big part of the pleasure was a sense of discovery, of finding places no one knew.

Jeremy Schmidt is a writer and photographer specializing in natural science, conservation and adventure travel. He is the author or co-author of more than fifteen books and hundreds of articles for magazines, including Audubon, Equinox, International Wildlife, National Geographic, National Geographic Traveler, Outside, GEOand others. His collaboration with Pat Morrow covers several decades of global adventuring, resulting in articles for numerous magazines and the book Himalayan Passage, winner of the first Barbara Savage Award for adventure writing. Jeremy is a founding faculty member of the Jackson Hole Writers Conference, a Fulbright Scholar in the Council for International Exchange of Scholars and a popular expert for National Geographic Expeditions trips worldwide. He lives with his wife in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.

Art Twomey was the conduit for both Pat Morrow and Jeremy Schmidt into the hidden world of slot canyons. Twomey was a glacier geologist, an accomplished mountaineer, a professional photographer and a leading conservationist in the East Kootenay region of British Columbia. His photography and films appeared regularly on television, inspiring countless viewers. Art Twomey died in a helicopter crash in his beloved Purcell Mountains in 1997.

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    June 21, 2018
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  6. ISBN-10
    1771602589
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    978-1771602587
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Searching For Tao Canyon chronicles in razor-sharp Kodachrome film and text a decade's worth of exploration in the subterranean world of the American desert, long before it was Instagrammed to death.

-- "Gripped Magazine"

In...a stunning new book, adventurers reflect on four decades of discovery - and friendship - in the American desert southwest.

-- "Mountain Life Annual"

The book is, in part, a dedication to those canyons lost to man-made interference, to Art Twomey who clearly loved them so dearly, to the local Navajo people and to the true beauty of the slot canyons that can only be captured with patience, respect and years of visitation - what you might call the search for Tao.

-- "Explorersweb.com"

"...a thought-provoking, inspiring, touching and downright spectacular tribute."-- "Rocky Mountain Outlook"

"Searching for Tao Canyon imparts a poignant message that may be applied well beyond the scope of slot canyons. Morrow, Schmidt, and Twomey's text and remarkable photographs question the ethics of visualizing fragile landscapes, and give us pause to consider terrain threatened by climate change, increased population density, the extractive industry, and our desire to get off the beaten track."-- "BC Studies"

"[Searching for Tao Canyon] is far from a guide book; rather, it is an inspiring tale of three men driven by the thrill of finding places no-one knew."-- "Outdoor Photography UK"

"Engaging with a historic kinship between photography and wilderness conservation, Tao Canyon's narrative points to the fine balance between raising environmental awareness and attracting greater numbers of tourists to remote destinations."-- "BC Studies"

"Impossible to put this page-turner of a book down. Each lavish image is a portal into the mysterious and overlooked secrets of rocks, rivers, weather, and wildness."-- "Ormsby Review"

About the Author

Pat Morrow is an adventure photographer based in Invermere, B.C. and has worked on magazine, book and corporate assignments, as well as shooting video documentaries worldwide for the past 35 years. He began a collaboration with Jeremy Schmidt that ranged from coverage of canyoneering, back country skiing and mountain culture stories, to launching out with our wives on a seven month overland journey around the Himalaya, resulting in the book Himalayan Passage. Pat was the first to climb the highest peak on all seven continents (as documented in his book Beyond Everest), and received the Order of Canada for his photographic and exploratory work. He and his wife Baiba have won nine national magazine awards, and they now concentrate on volunteer efforts for a local environmental organization called Wildsight.^Jeremy Schmidt is a writer and photographer specializing in natural science, conservation, and adventure travel. He is the author or co-author of more than fifteen books and hundreds of articles for magazines including Audubon, Equinox, International Wildlife, National Geographic, National Geographic Traveler, Outside, GEO, and others. His collaboration with Pat Morrow covers several decades of global adventuring, resulting in articles for numerous magazines and the book Himalayan Passage, winner of the first Barbara Savage Award for adventure writing. He is a founding faculty member of the Jackson Hole Writers Conference, and a Fulbright Scholar in the Council for International Exchange of Scholars; and a popular expert for National Geographic Expeditions trips worldwide. He lives with his wife in Jackson Hole, Wyoming.^Art Twomey was the conduit for both Pat Morrow and Jeremy Schmidt into the hidden world of slot canyons. Twomey was a glacier geologist, an accomplished mountaineer, a professional photographer and a leading conservationist in the East Kootenay region of British Columbia. His photography and films appeared regularly on television, inspiring countless viewers. Art Twomey died in a helicopter crash in his beloved Purcell Mountains in 1997.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Rocky Mountain Books; 1st edition (June 21, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 168 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 1771602589
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-1771602587
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1.85 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7.4 x 0.8 x 10.1 inches
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Jeremy Schmidt spent seven years living in Yellowstone, working as a winterkeeper, ranger, and photographer. He has written numerous books on the Rockies.

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MarkmyWords
5.0 out of 5 stars On the Loose lives on
Reviewed in the United States on May 31, 2022
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If you are in the handful of people that grew up with "On the Loose", you'll get this book. If not, it may be a revelation of what is waiting for you in the outdoors.
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Harvey Halpern
5.0 out of 5 stars Essential reading for canyoneers
Reviewed in the United States on June 29, 2018
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As a long time member of the canyoneering community I was thrilled to read this fabulous book. I first came across the authors when they did an article on slot canyons for Audubon magazine back in the 1970's, and that got me interested in exploring this unusual geography. The authors have captured exactly what it was like to be on the cutting edge of exploring this unique ecosystem. This work will reside right next to Tad Nichols "Glen Canyon: Images of a Lost World", Ed Abbey's "Desert Solitaire" and Steve Allen's guide books as THE essential works that need to be on every canyoneer's bookshelf.
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P Burton
5.0 out of 5 stars Evocative, Beautiful, and Poignant
Reviewed in the United States on June 25, 2019
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It's hard to describe how a memoir that is a highly personal dedication to a beloved friend can also be a poignant call-to-action to raise awareness about protecting what's left of our natural world—Tao Canyon is both visually stunning and beautifully written. Highly recommended for anyone who loves the Southwest or just getting outdoors to smell the air.
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Peter
5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent photos and amazing story
Reviewed in the United States on June 24, 2019
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I saw this mentioned in a photography magazine and ordered it. Really glad I did, the photos are great and the story is really cool how they found the canyons and traveled around.
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Mike
5.0 out of 5 stars Great Book! Particularly the photos
Reviewed in the United States on August 2, 2018
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Great Book! Particularly the photos, which were stunning. The accompanying text really resonated with me since I was part of that scene.
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Dr. Jerry Haigh
5.0 out of 5 stars A book to revisit time and again
Reviewed in the United States on May 5, 2021
Absolutely stunning photos in this book by Pat Morrow, Jeremy Schmidt and Art Twomey. Published by Rocky Mountain Books it's the sort of thing that will force you to send at least two friends a copy as a gift. It's one that you will show to visitors and keep going back to you yourself. All the images are of scenes in slot canyons. The authors state, right up front, that it is not a guide book and that 'We're not going to tell you names or give directions to these exquisitely fragile places".
If there was and option for 6 or even 10 stars I'd be right there.
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trimniks
5.0 out of 5 stars Remarkable photography, perfectly printed, with a narrative to match!
Reviewed in the United States on December 11, 2021
The pictures are so beautiful, I don’t have appropriate words for them. But Jeremy Schmidt did have the words to describe these adventures. He's crafted some of the finest writing about the Colorado Plateau I’ve read in a long time. So good. Makes me happy to bask in the words, the photos, the canyons.
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Michael Buckley
5.0 out of 5 stars Photographers Pat Morrow and Art Twomey and writer Jeremy Schmidt embark on a decade-long quest to find the perfect slot canyon in America’s southwest—what they call ‘slickrock Xanadu
Reviewed in Canada on June 22, 2018
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Down the rabbit hole
Top of the explorer’s bucket list is discovering lost worlds or hidden kingdoms. Some are consumed by a lifelong quest to find them. ‘Searching for Tao Canyon’ manages to embrace both facets. Photographers Pat Morrow and Art Twomey and writer Jeremy Schmidt embark on a decade-long quest to find the perfect slot canyon in America’s southwest—what they call ‘slickrock Xanadu.’ What is the perfect slot canyon? This brilliant photo-based book lays out the answers. Feast your eyes on these fantastic canyons, with their spiralling chutes, arches and tunnels—and surreal play of light and shadow, with deep ochre colouration that appears to be from another world—through the lenses of Morrow, Twomey and Schmidt. Old school, shot with Kodachrome 25, under very taxing conditions. Remarkable photos that capture the poetry of rock carved by flash-flooding—and the surprising flora and fauna that inhabits the canyons, ranging from the sacred datura to the leopard lizard. Setting foot in canyons where few have been before—or in a number of cases, where no human has trodden. The book reveals a bizarre sport based on rappelling down sandstone cliffs into the unknown, scrambling down slippery slopes, wading or swimming through bone-chilling canyon pools, and trekking—or sloshing—along canyon beds. These adventurers are in fact pioneers of ‘canyoning,’ long before the sport became known by that name. In this book, they have documented over 30 distinct slot canyons in Arizona and Utah and given them all the name ‘Tao’ (‘The Way’ in Chinese). There’s one thing missing from the book: a map. They are not about to tell you where these canyons lie, fearing mass commercialization of tourism. Meantime, gaze in wonder at these works of art in rock, featured in 'Searching for Tao Canyon.' —Michael Buckley, author of Eccentric Explorers
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Trevor Mitchell
5.0 out of 5 stars unbelivable photography
Reviewed in Canada on March 7, 2019
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I received this book about a week ago, and I must say the photography is unbelievable good. the content is presented well and it takes you on a journey of a spectacular wonder of this world.
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5.0 out of 5 stars "Thank You"
Reviewed in Canada on February 11, 2019
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