Heath Hansen

The author with his dad. The Fire Pit 13,588 Views by Heath Hansen I looked up into the big, blue sky. Far in the distance, I spotted a C-130 Hercules headed towards the open grass field I waited in. For a few moments, I watched as the plane continued in my direction. Suddenly, from the tail-end of the aircraft, paratroopers jumped out into the open air. The parachutes expanded sideways as they became caught in the wind and fully inflated, pulling the soldiers swiftly with them.

Rusting Vietnam-era landing mats and weathered steel still mark the remains of Clinton’s 1990s border fence. Retired Border Patrol agent Richard Hansen was part of the team that built it. by Richard Hansen and Heath Hansen In 1994, under the Clinton administration, Operation Gatekeeper received bipartisan support to help secure America’s Southern border. Starting just beyond the crashing waves at the shoreline of the Pacific Ocean, it continued miles into the San Diego mountains.

Border observers have long reported that cartels sometimes leave strange symbols or objects as territory markers along smuggling corridors. by Heath Hansen I methodically put one foot in front of the other as I make my way up the hilltop. During this hike, it seems the sun is only getting hotter as I slowly increase in elevation towards the peak.