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When When he first arrived in Arizona, who would have guessed that the math professor from America's heartland would some day be called "the undisputed king of extreme and obsessive Grand Canyon Hiking"

While teaching at Northern Arizona University, Butchart explored the remote areas of the Grand Canyon's most pristine wilderness, from Lee's Ferry, through the winding canyons and ramblings plateaus of the Grand Canyon National Park, to Lake Mead. He hiked more than 12,000 miles in a combined total of 1,000 days, a distance comparable to walking halfway around the earth. He is credited with finding more than 116 approaches to the Colorado River, and with summiting 83 of the 138 named peaks in the Canyon, 35 of those being first ascents.