This Thrilling Hiking Trail Is Arizona’s Answer To The Bridge Of Khazad-Dûm, But With Breathtaking Views

My therapist told me I needed to face my fears, and I told her I’d consider skydiving or maybe public speaking. What I didn’t anticipate was her handing me a map to a trail so ruthlessly vertical that ancient civilizations probably used it as an entrance to the underworld—which, given what I saw, tracks. There I was, a perfectly reasonable person who’d rather take elevators than stairs, staring down a path carved into sheer rock face while the canyon whispered seductive promise