One of the hottest places in the country is the
Grand Canyon,
where three hikers have died in just the past month,
including one man whose heartbroken niece is warning everyone to
respect nature.
Tragedy in America's most famous natural wonder.
69 year old hiker Scott Sims died in the Grand
Canyon after being overcome in the heat.
His niece Jessica was hiking with him.
There are no words for the emotions we are feeling
right now.
She says the most beautiful places are unforgiving.
Be prepared, don't. Underestimate nature.
Hike smart. These two friends,
writer Kevin Fedarco and photographer Pete McBride,
know all about hiking in the Grand Canyon.
I feel like I'm in a Swedish sauna.
They walked its entire length,
a grueling 750 mile trek that took fourteen months.
It is, in fact, the most dangerous National Park that
we have in the United States.
I would say on day three through day six,
I was concerned that I would not survive.
I was having severe doubts.
The friends tell me they face near disaster many times.
We came up against a whole host of challenges.
Extreme heat. Ledges and cliffs that dropped 304 hundred,
500 feet. You're moving through an extreme wilderness on foot.
This was beyond anything I'd ever experienced.
I made some mistakes, carrying too much weight,
too much of my camera equipment.
We learned a lot of very hard lessons.
The Darko's book about their exploits,
A Walk in the Park,
is now a best seller.
It inflicted misery and suffering on us,
and it also gave us some of the most extraordinary
moments that we've ever experienced.
If you'd like to read an excerpt from the book
A Walk in the Park,
just come to our website insideedition.com.