Cowboys & Indians

INSPIRATION POINT

AFTER A CRISP MORNING SHUTTLE BOAT RIDE ACROSS JENNY LAKE IN WYOMING’S Grand Teton National Park, we gathered at the Cascade Canyon Trailhead and took in the inspiring sight of the jagged mountain range spanning across the blue sky like the peaks and valleys of an EKG line.

Nearly everyone about to make the hike was a teenager or young adult who had survived cancer in one form or another. In this year’s group, one boy had part of a foot amputated during treatment. Another, 18-year-old Leroy “Trey” Baker, had a prosthetic leg from above his left knee. Others, such as Gabi Gray, 15 at the time, lived with

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