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Podcast: Ultrarunning History
Episode: 48: Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim History – Part 3 (1964-1972)
Description: By Davy Crockett
This is the third part of the rim-to-rim series. Read first Part 1 and Part 2
As the Grand Canyon entered the 1940s, the corridor trails were in place along with the Black Bridge across the Colorado River, making rim-to-rim travel on foot possible. By the early 1960s, a few daring athletes were hiking or running rim to rim in a day and even a few completing double crossings in a day. Credit goes to Pete Cowgill (1925-2019) and his Southern Arizona Hiking Club from Tucson, Arizona, who demonstrated to all that crossing the Canyon on foot in a d...