I had thought that shooting off fireworks in a nation park was stupid – how about firing a cannon and at a person! A cyclist traveling along the Colorado Trail near Durango was hit by cannon fire last Sunday. By the news coming out, it looks like a dangerous prank perpetrated by a group of teenagers who where camping just off the trail. No projectiles were in the cannon other than a chemical soaked gauze. The Durango Herald said that “Particulate from the blast lodged in Altman’s legs and arms.” For more info, read the Durango Herald Article
Aaron Johnson has been hiking in Colorado for over 20 years. The owner and editor of Dayhikes Near Denver, Aaron writes every trail profile as a local guide who has hiked hundreds of miles of trails along the Front Range and deep in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado.