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Design and illustrations by Jade Cuevas Good morning, Golden State travelers. Fear is a curious thing — and travel often is posited as a way to help people confront their hang-ups and insecurities in a healthy way. Times contributor Edmund Vallance recently faced his fear of canyoneering — born out of the horrifying incident in “127 Hours” — on an adventure in Utah. You’ll read about his empowering experience and more in this edition of Escapes. Fear can also be a helpful, life-saving friend. A fear of crowds and enclosed spaces is a reasonable, smart reaction to a pandemic that c...

Spring, late fall and winter are the ideal times to visit nearby deserts I did have one important advantage though. My instructor, Christopher Hagedorn, has been leading classes and expeditions in this area for upward of 10 years. His company, Get in the Wild Adventures, has thrived throughout the COVID-19 pandemic. Not surprising, I suppose. Canyoneering is by its very nature a socially distanced activity. “I spent a good part of my life following the dream of being an astronaut,” he said the first day at our training camp, about 20 minutes’ drive from Hanksville, Utah. “When I reali...