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#014 - Grand Canyon, Part 2: The Visit | South Rim vs. North Rim, Inner-Canyon Hikes & the Heat
Every year the Grand Canyon rescues hikers who made the same mistake: they went down feeling strong in the cool morning, then discovered the canyon's brutal truth on the way back up. Going down is optional. Coming up is mandatory. This is how to visit without becoming a statistic.
Host Shawn Spainhour, a former Army officer, covers a park that's more in flux than it's been in years. The current realities up front: the 2025 Dragon Bravo Fire that destroyed the historic Grand Canyon Lodge and left the North Rim without lodging or water, the failing Transcanyon Waterline and its conservation…
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