The Mystery of the Grand Canyon

Little did we know when we planned to hike the Grand Canyon that the awe and magnificence of its creation and evolution would not only test us physically but also teach us how climate change created this beautiful Canyon. We sought to discover how the Grand Canyon was formed and we were not disappointed. Our focus was on the beauty and depth of the Canyon, on its vastness, on the geology and the stories it told. What we discovered was more than beauty, rocks and a mighty river that continues to carve the Canyon to this day. We saw the earth open up before our eyes and challenge us to understand our evolving planet. We are neither geologists, historians nor meteorologists. We are simply people who walk on planet Earth and who can witness her mysteries should we take the time. These discoveries were a true revelation to be able to see up close and personal how millions of years of changing climate patterns, earthquakes and volcanos along with a raging River to this day serve to carve and etch this beautiful Canyon.

Randy has been called a “Renaissance Man” by his many friends. He has been writing since an early age and was an editor of his college’s literary magazine and a co-editor of his law school’s International Law Journal. There is no adventure too small or too large for him—from catching minnows in a tin can in a cold Minnesota creek to dodging Sea Dogs while water skiing on the Caspian Sea in Iran. Randy hiked in and out of the Grand Canyon on three hot summer June days and truly earned a “survivor” t-shirt.  The Park Ranger told him this is not the Grand Canyon Park, it is the Grand Canyon Wilderness