Category: Grand Canyon Fall 2024
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Endless Endings
Hanging around by the trailhead waiting on the Trans Canyon shuttle was bliss. We had done it! I won’t lie, I was too tired to do a happy dance with my legs, but I most certainly was with my heart! Others strangled up and we swapped stories, lamented the fact that the bathrooms were all…
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Heath’s perspective
Trouble at Phantom Ranch Written by Heath It’s evening and we are sitting at Phantom Ranch. A group of four people, two couples – 50ish maybe – are fighting beside us. We are at the bottom of the Grand Canyon. It’s a long, grueling climb out. Hours and miles of climbing steep rocky steps. The…
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The Hike Itself
I feel a bit like roadkill. With only 5 hours of sleep, a Rim2Rim hike, two flights and a long drive in the last 60 hours, I feel like a dead raccoon. But was it worth it? 100 times Yes. Would I do it again? Never. Probably. We flew to Phoenix with our friend Sharon…
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Some People Never Learn
Why, you ask, am I sacked out in the Sioux Falls Airport with my legs elevated? Because I can’t say No. That’s why. I plain and simply can’t say no when I have a chance to hike the Grand Canyon again. When I not only survived but actually enjoyed my hike last time, I was…
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