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It Will Kick Your Butt by Tricia Kissinger

There are tours that fill up fast according to

UWSP Adventure Tours and hiking Rim to Rim

in the Grand Canyon (GC) promised to be one of

those My spouse Karl and I had been talking

about a great need to see the GC and standing

on the Rim wasnrsquot going to cut it Many of us can

probably attribute our resurgence of love for

national parks due to the Ken Burnrsquos series on

Public Television and 2016 marks the 100th

anniversary of the formation of the National Park

Service When UWSP Adventure Tours

announced that registration was opening we

jumped into our boots and started the count

down

Tour Leader Prof Corey Huck provided his

Grand Canyon training program to the group last

summer but for us training really got serious six

months out Nothing spells out ldquoshaking up a

Wisconsin winter hibernation planrdquo like the

ldquoHuck Make It Out Alive Planrdquo At least thatrsquos

how seriously we took it We watched videos on

extreme temperatures dehydration elevation

gains and body abuse from descending and

climbing And thus the diligent training began in

January Walking crossshycountry skiing yoga

lunges stair climbing balance exercises biking

and running ndash you name it we did it At three

months out our hiking group converged for our

traveler orientation Orientations are valuable

(having done a few UWSP AT tours before) Itrsquos

nice to meet your fellow hikers discuss gear

ask questions get answers and provide a

delusional sense of calm that ldquoyoursquove got thisrdquo

Corey said a few times during the orientation

that if you want to enjoy your trip make sure you

are conditioned and ready for it He shared

stories from the dark side and even though we

all sat with smiles on our faces a wave of ldquoholyshy

craprdquo passed over us all

Flash forward to the end of May and we all stood

on the South Rim and swooned with giddy

excitement that we would be the lucky

few Read more

top photo shy Karl Kissinger posing on the trail

(by Tricia Kissinger)

bottom photo shy bridge over the Colorado River

(by Tricia Kissinger)

The Grand Tour IMunich to Florenceshy Coming Summer

2017

Veteran tour leadersRichard Ruppel and JuttaBrendel are returning to leadanother cultural amp hikingtour to South CentralEurope May 28 shy June 112017 The Grand TourMunich to Florence will offera great blend of vibrantmetropolitan culture ofMunich and Florence withthe majestic tranquility ofthe Alps

Experience thequintessential spirit of

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Costa Rica Japan South Africa and more to be announced

Germany with its fairytale royal palacesbreweries and picturesquehomes We will start inthe capital of BavarianGermany with Munich ahub of art and culturalevents Next venturing intothe Bavarian Alps wersquollexplore the town ofOberammergau with itsworldshyrenowned woodcarvers and beautiful ldquoLuumlftlrdquofresco paintings

On the second half of theGrand Tour we willfamiliarize ourselves with 2Italian UNESCO WorldHeritage Sites Hikingthrough the Dolomitesmountain range in NorthernItaly will give us anopportunity to experience aunique side of the countryin all its natural beautyThen well head on toFlorence the birthplace ofRenaissance artarchitecture monumentsand one of the mostpowerful noble families ofall time

Since this tour is very closeto going LIVE pleasecontact us soon if youwould like to be added tothe ldquointerestedrdquo list so wecan notify you first beforeeveryone else has access

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Lets get started

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