The Canyon Challenge: Running Rim-to-Rim-to-Rim in the Grand Canyon

Written by Meghan M. Hicks
Published on May 15, 2011

The Earth yawns in front of me, opening to one of its grandest chasms. I can't see this hole or the rest of the world, for that matter. All of it is gobbled up by the velvety black curtain of very early morning. I turn on my headlamp so it illuminates a circle of light on the path in front of me and begin to run. I'm descending into the Grand Canyon from its South Rim but, because of the darkness, I only know it from the map.

Snowshoe Thompson’s Legacy Lives On

Written by Rick Stedman
Published on December 18, 2005

There are legends, and then there is John "Snowshoe" Thompson, who delivered mail in the rugged and snow-covered Sierra-Nevada Mountains in the dead of winter for 20 grueling years.

Snowshoeing Education 106: Snowshoe Journaling

Written by Jim Joque
Published on April 21, 2005

"This was real adventure, snowshoeing into deep winter. And I was relieved that I was getting along so well on my snowshoes. I had read of agonizing cramps from them. But Bill said that was from walking too tensely. So when I grew tired I walked with an extreme loppiness, and that rested me."