Erik Weihenmayer in 2001 became the first blind person to reach the summit of Mount Everest. But he didn’t rest on his laurels. He’s climbed all seven of the world’s tallest mountains, kayaked the ...

Erik Weihenmayer is a blind man enjoying a daunting task: kayaking down the Grand Canyon's expansive and treacherous Colorado River. The Los Angeles Times' Mary Forgione reports the 45-year-old ...

GRAND CANYON NATIONAL PARK, Ariz. — A German tourist on a commercial river trip at Grand Canyon National Park died after his kayak flipped over and he was unable to right himself, officials said. He’s ...

Take a second and imagine kayaking the Grand Canyon. Now, imagine doing that without being able to see. Erik Weihenmayer, who's from Golden, did just that -- and lived to tell about it. Erik stopped ...

Forts. Castles. Grottoes. Bandit hideouts. Yes, these could all be plot points in a Calvin and Hobbes comic strip. But more to the point here, they’re also things you’ll explore in Sardinia.

Lonnie Bedwell is blind and lives far from fast water, but that didn’t stop him from paddling a kayak the entire length of the Colorado River: 226 miles through the Grand Canyon, some of the most ...

Upon returning from any epic adventure, society often refers to the act of coming back to everyday life as “getting back to reality” — an idea that all good things must come to an end and we need to ...

A German man kayaking at the Grand Canyon died Wednesday afternoon after his boat capsized in the water. Hans Uhl, 43, was on the first day of a several-day commercial river trip, the National Park ...