Uploaded March 2022 | Updated September 2026, 1 week ago
On my way to completing the Superstition Icon Loop, I was lucky enough to run into Flat Iron Jim, who has become a local legend on the Siphon Draw Trail. In case you don't know, the hike up to Flat Iron is well known as a very difficult, steep and physically demanding hike/scramble/climb.
At 90 years old, Jim has climbed the Siphon Draw Trail to Flat Iron around 300 times over the last 9 years!!
WHAT IS YOUR EXCUSE?
If you are lucky enough to run into Jim on trail, you are in for a treat! His zeal for life is infectious. He's happy, healthy & wonderfully friendly. A great example of the kind of human we should all want to be.
Be like Jim.
On my way to completing the Superstition Icon Loop, I was lucky enough to run into Flat Iron Jim, who has become a local legend on the Siphon Draw Trail. In case you don't know, the hike up to Flat Iron is well known as a very difficult, steep and physically demanding hike/scramble/climb.
At 90 years old, Jim has climbed the Siphon Draw Trail to Flat Iron around 300 times over the last 9 years!!
WHAT IS YOUR EXCUSE?
If you are lucky enough to run into Jim on trail, you are in for a treat! His zeal for life is infectious. He's happy, healthy & wonderfully friendly. A great example of the kind of human we should all want to be.
Be like Jim.
