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Podcast: Ultrarunning History
Episode: 47: Grand Canyon Rim-to-Rim History – Part 2 (1928-1964)
Description: By Davy Crockett
This is the second part of the Rim-to Rim story. Read/Listen/Watch to Part 1 here.
Descending into the inner Grand Canyon is an experience you will never forget. Part one covered the very early history of crossing the Canyon from 1890-1928. Trails that could accommodate tourists were built, including Bight Angel and South Kaibab trails coming down the South Rim. A tourist in 1928 explained, "the Kaibab trail is a fine piece of work, easy grade, wide and smooth, while the Bright Angel trail still belongs to the local county and is maintained by it, and is s...