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Published on Sunday, October 05, 2008
By LA Daily News Staff Writer
A bearded hiker lurched toward the Nevada border, his pack worn through, his feet aflame, his 180-pound frame racked by fatigue.
Behind Roger Homrich loomed Last Chance Mountain on the northern edge of Death Valley. Before him stood his fiancée, arms outstretched to greet him at the end of a two-week, 225-mile sojourn across the hottest, bleakest landscape in the land.
Bounding toward Erin Lippard, he thought, "I'm actually going to make it."
"I was absolutely exhilarated," said Homrich, 26, of Sherman Oaks. "I was at the highest of highs. I had just done this thing, under the radar. It was beautiful."
Homrich, who completed his journey in March, became the first person in modern history known to have hiked a contiguous path the length of a greatly expanded Death Valley National Park.
Beginning this month, the professional photographer will celebrate his feat across the Mojave Desert during a half-dozen slide-show talks at REI outfitters across Los Angeles County
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