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Blind hikers know no limits at Grand Canyon PDF Print E-Mail
Written by Dennis Wagner - USA Today   
Friday, 15 October 2010

Article Source: USA Today

Just before dawn, 13 blind and visually impaired hikers begin a descent into the abyss, unable to see the trail or the gaping chasm they're about to enter.

Their plan seems audacious if not crazy: A group of adults and kids from the Foundation for Blind Children is out to complete the Grand Canyon's 24.3-mile trek from rim to rim in one day on a rock-scrabbled route where even sighted hikers are one false step from a fatal plunge.

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