Xtreme Hike 2025: Grand Canyon North to South Rim

October 17-19, 2025.

Yes, Ataxia is a brain disease. But it's so much more than that. You see, ataxia, is a THIEF. First it steals one's ability to walk. Then it steals one's ability to talk. Next, ataxia will steal one's ability to work, recreate, embrace and swallow. Ataxia keeps taking and taking until there is nothing left to take. Ataxia is THIEF and it needs to be STOPPED!

This fall I will be joining upwards of 25 other extreme hikers at the Grand Canyon. This hike, from the North Rim to the South Rim of the Grand Canyon is a one-day 24 1/2-mile hike through the canyon. We will be using the next several months to raise awareness and necessary funding to support the mission of the National Ataxia Foundation.

Today I am asking for your support of this Xtreme Hike and to help support the NAF mission. Simply click on the "Donate Now" button to the right and follow the prompts. Your support is greatly appreciated.

For more information on the National Ataxia Foundation, 

visit our website at ataxia.org