Editor’s note: If you or people you know are at risk of self-harm, the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline provides 24-hour support at 1-800-273-8255.
West Desert • On Saturday morning, in this dusty, desolate stretch of western Utah where usually only the billboards for casinos stand above the endless acres of sagebrush, 125 people came to take a walk.
By 10 a.m., they were 50 miles away from where they were going. Halfway there. By noon, they wondered if they’d make it to the next nearest town.
But they plugged in headphones blaring songs by Journey and Tom Petty and AC/DC.