Name: January 21, 2025 Program
Start: 2025-01-21T18:00:00-07:00
End: 2025-01-21T19:00:00-07:00
Location: Catalina United Methodist Church

Experience the natural wonders of Southern Arizona with Tucson's leading hiking club.

Discover places you'd never visit on your own. Form lasting friendships in the process. With more than 500 members and 60 guides, our club offers a wide range of weekly guided activities - mall walking to peak bagging - easy to strenuous. And members are free to participate when and where they choose.

Want More Information?

New and prospective members are welcome to contact club member Nancy Debolt. She would be delighted to tell you how our club works, answer questions and get you started.

Starting at 6:15 PM on the third Tuesday of every month, the club hosts an information meeting for new and prospective members. Anyone interested in finding out more about the club is invited to attend. The meetings are held at the Catalina United Methodist Church, located at 2700 E Speedway Blvd, Tucson, AZ 85716.

Monthly Program Meeting

On the third Tuesday of the each month, speakers are invited to come and present on a wide variety of subjects ranging from local and international hiking to desert wildlife. The presentations are held at the Catalina United Methodist Church, located at 2700 E Speedway Blvd Room H230, Tucson, AZ 85716 (Parking available east of the building) starting at 6:00 PM. The public is welcome to attend.

Program Meeting on January 21 at 6 pm

Rim to River: Looking into the Heart of Arizona — Tom Zoellner

Author, hiker and fifth-generation Arizonan Tom Zoellner is going to talk to us about the making of his award-winning 2023 book 'Rim to River: Looking into the Heart of Arizona'. It's about what hiking the Arizona Trail taught him about the culture and traditions of his native state. Tom's official bio is that he's the author of eight nonfiction books, including The Heartless Stone, Uranium, The National Road, and Island on Fire, which won the 2020 National Book Critics Circle Award and was a finalist for the Bancroft Prize. He works as a professor of English at Chapman University in Orange, California and as an editor-at-large at The Los Angeles Review of Books. His book Rim to River was named the winner in general nonfiction of the New Mexico-Arizona Book Award and best book of the year from Phoenix New Times. Rim to River is full of unexpected nuggets about Arizona's history and culture. Did you know that the name of Eloy comes from a 1902 Southern Pacific Railroad acronym for East Line of Yuma? Or that the Marana Airport was once a staging ground for the CIA to retrofit planes that ferried guns to Nicaragua? Or that the cowboy ballad 'Ghost Riders in the Sky' has a connection to a cattle ranch near Douglas? Or that a wide range of accomplished musicians - including Stevie Nicks, Lalo Guerrero, The Tubes, Alice Cooper and even Glenn Campbell - have strong connections to Arizona? Come hear how hiking has influenced Tom's writing and learn what he's working on next. And bring your book to be signed after the program! (We will have books available for purchase/signature at the meeting.)

Each month speakers are invited to come and present on a wide variety of subjects ranging from local and international hiking to desert wildlife. These presentations are open to the public and are held at the Catalina United Methodist Church starting at 7:00 PM on the third Tuesday of the month.

Southern Arizona Hiking Club