Heat scuppers 1,952-mile trip

A Texas man who attempted to walk and canoe the 1,952-mile US-Mexico border said the harsh land and intense heat forced him to abandon his plans and catch a Greyhound bus home after just two days.

David Chizum, who started his ambitious journey on November 7 at California’s Border Field State Park across the border from Tijuana, was trying to become the first person to walk and canoe the US-Mexico border.