Brad Richman prepares to navigate his mountain bike over an opening in a Northern Arizona sandstone bench. Relatively mild temperatures and varied terrain make mountain biking a popular activity in the northern part of the state.
Brad Richman prepares to navigate his mountain bike over an opening in a Northern Arizona sandstone bench. Relatively mild temperatures and varied terrain make mountain biking a popular activity in the northern part of the state.
BY: Jeff Kida

Dustin Martin pilots his hang glider over an Arizona landscape. “It seems pretty regular to me,” Martin says, “but when I take people up, they sure seem to freak out, so it must be thrilling the first time you do it.” Dawn Kish

LEFT: Eric Luth rappels a steep drop in an unnamed side canyon at Grand Canyon National Park. This canyon is one of hundreds that feed into the 277-mile-long Grand Canyon. David Wallace FOLLOWING PANEL: Dawn Kish navigates through crashing waves at the Jewels, a section of Colorado River rapids in the Grand Canyon. About 25,000 people take a private or commercial rafting trip in the Canyon every year. Bill Hatcher