Category: Grand Canyon 2024
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Up Is Mandatory
The alarm woke us shortly after 3am. Yes. Woke us! Clearly we had slept a little. It still hadn’t cooled off much, but there was a teensy breeze. Throughout the campground we could see the winking lights of other hikers packing up and starting up the trail. You do what you need to do to…
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Water is Life
Phantom Creek was calling our names, but Phantom Ranch Canteen was calling mine even louder. While the rest set up camp or plunged into the water, I set off the 1/2 mile or so to the Ranch and hopefully a cold drink. I’m not sure why cold drink seemed so important, but it did. And…
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Descent Into The Oven
“Wait for the Hikers Express just down the street at the Blue Line bus stop” they said when we checked the evening before. We wanted it all to go like clockwork cause we really wanted an early start to beat the heat. The Flex was parked at the Bright Angel trail head and there we…
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Grand Canyon or Bust
A Dream It all started when I was a small, square headed kid, listening as my dad told stories of hiking Bright Angel Trail down to Phantom Ranch and up again in one day. The talk of butchered feet, hot weather, stunning scenery and mules was enchanting and I vowed in my little heart that…
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