AZHC Meeting
 January 21, 2025 
 Members and Visitors Welcome 
to: Arizona Trailblazers Hiking Club
from: Tamar Gottfried
reply to: barashji@msn.com
subject: AZHC Meeting, January 21, 2025

Arizona Trailblazers Hiking Club Meeting



Tempe Bar and Grill in Phoenix - SaltFire Brewing Co.
530 W. Broadway Road , Tempe 85252

when:
 Tuesday, January 21, 2025, at 6:00 PM

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They are conveniently located near freeways and accessible from Scottsdale, Phoenix and the East and South Valley. The menu is varied and affordable- Taco Tuesdays and happy hour menu available and they have several rooms available to us- quiet, cool and projector/ screen or monitor ready to use. Even parking is easy. So please join us.
Please RSVP to so we have a guestimate of how many attendees will be there.


Guest Speaker: Rich Rudow
Subject: If you love outdoor adventures, if you want to know more about our Grand Canyon.
We will be in the up stairs room

The Arizona Tralblazers are thrilled to announce that we have invited the one and only Rich Rudow.
Rich Rudow is a renowned Grand Canyon adventurer and photographer. From his website: He has hiked most of the Canyon trails and the majority of his footprints have been delicately placed in the raw and remote trailless areas of the Park. Rich has explored 200 slot canyons inside the Grand Canyon, including leading over 100 technical first descents. He’s done 15 river trips, most of which have been in the winter when he’s rowed, pack-rafted (and yes … swam) on month-long journeys…
Rich Rudow is also famous for being Kevin Fedarko's mentor and hiking buddy during the adventure that became the Nat Geo documentary, Into the Canyon and was the basis for Fedarko's book, A Walk in the Park.
If you love outdoor adventures, if you want to know more about our Grand Canyon, if you want to see amazing images and time lapse films of places most people have never visited and if you want to meet the legend, please join us


Welcome, Introductions

Reports:
President: Lin Chao
Treasurer: Tom Simonick
Webmaster: Michael Humphrey
Statistician: Cindy Duke

Previous Hikes: 
Nov 29 - Gilbert Riparian Preserve Day Hike, Gilbert: Tamar Gottfried
Nov 30 - Apache Trail Canyon Day Hike, Superstitions: Robert Plowman 
Dec 1  - Pass Mtn Day Hike, Goldfields: Gail Graves 
Dec 7  - Geronimo Cave Day Hike, Superstitions: Li Li
Dec 14 - Thunderbird Day Hike, Glendale: Michael Humphrey
Dec 15 - Spur Cross Day Hike, Phoenix: Stan Bindell    
Dec 16  - Saguaro Lake Kayak, Phoenix: Chuck Parsons
Dec 21  - Superior Airport to Arnett Canyon Day Hike, Superior: Tamar Gottfried
Dec 28  - Copper Canyon Loop Hike, Camp Verde: Victoria Johnson
Dec 31  - Tempe Town Lake Day Hike, Tempe: Lin Chao  
Jan 1   - Stairizona Day Hike, Globe: Tamar Gottfried
Jan 4   - Granite Mtn Day Hike, Scottsdale: Lin Chao
Jan 11  - First Water Canyon, Superstitions: Robert Plowman 
Jan 12  - Romero Canyon Day Hike, Tucson: Gail Graves   
Jan 17-19  - Overnight trip to Willcox for Sandhill cranes, Willcox: Michael Humphrey  
Jan 18  - Tom Thumb Hike, McDowell Sonoran Preserve: Lin Chao   
Jan 20  - Canyon Lake Kayak, Phoenix: Chuck Parsons

Upcoming Hikes:   	
Jan 25 -  Awards Potluck and Hike, Papago Park: Lin Chao  	
Feb 1  -  White Canyon Hike, Superior: Robert Plowman
Feb 8  -  << open >>
Feb 11 -  Desert Garden Hike, Papago Park: Lin Chao 
Feb 15 -  Butcher Jones Hike, Butcher Jones: Li Li
Feb 22 -  Verde Vista Loop Hike, Camp Verde: Victoria Johnson	 
Feb 23 -  Sonora Desert Museum Hike, Tucson: Lin Chao
Mar 1  -  << open >>
Mar 8  - Sun Set Loop Hike, Sedona: Victoria Johnson   
Mar 15 - << open >>	 
Mar 22 - << open >>	  
Mar 29 - << open >>	 	 




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