'We're not quitters': Utah woman conquers Grand Canyon trail, sets Guinness World Record

St. George resident Kris Crockett recently hiked the Grand Canyon rim-to-rim-to-rim in Guinness World Record time.

St. George resident Kris Crockett recently hiked the Grand Canyon rim-to-rim-to-rim in Guinness World Record time. (Kris Crockett)


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ST. GEORGE — Kristine Crockett can say she conquered her fears, for real.

The St. George resident and former registered nurse became a Guinness World Record holder last October when she hiked the Grand Canyon rim-to-rim-to-rim — known as the R2R2R hike — in record time.

At 61 years and 246 days old, Crockett became the oldest hiker to complete the 46-mile trek continuously — without a sleep break — in slightly less than 20 hours, etching her name in the famous world record book.

"I never imagined that," Crockett told St. George News before a hike last week, although she said that her family grew up reading the "Guinness Book of World Records."

Read the entire story at St. George News.

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