'In each of these cases, the writers draw from their personal experience with projects that required them to cross fairly large professional chasms. Let me add one more story – one that started as a physical challenge but grew quickly into something more.
The idea started with an article I read in which the author successfully managed to hike the 26-mile width of the Grand Canyon, going from South Rim to North Rim – in one day. About 50% of the article captured the author’s planning and training, and about 45% more tracked his downward progress and his long trek across the canyon floor.'