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80-year-old hikes Grand Canyon


Jim Thompson, 80, of Pine did a 10-hour rim-to-rim hike of the Grand Canyon May 15.
This is not his first speed hike of the natural wonder. Thompson has traversed the canyon seven times since he was 70 following hip replacement surgery.
He did an 8-hour night, nonstop rim-to-rim North Rim to South Rim Grand Canyon 22-mile hike at age 75 and again at 76.
Thompson’s first major Grand Canyon hike was in 1999, when he was 58. Accompanied by his wife Sue, then 54, he did the Rim to Rim to Rim — South Rim on South Kaibab trail to North Rim on North Kaibab trail — 21 miles nonstop and a day later North Rim to South Rim, 21 miles nonstop. ....

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