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Len's 44 Mile Grand Canyon Adventure - March, 2021
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<blockquote data-quote="Len Backus" data-source="post: 2175004" data-attributes="member: 1"><p>I hiked with my full backpack the nine or so miles to the Bright Angel junction near Indian Garden Campgrounds around noon and sat down for a rest and lunch break. I was ahead of schedule and starting to be bothered by my left hip which suffered in a pre-dawn slip and fall on some ice on the trail some hours earlier. I had not put on my Yaktrax because I hadn't yet seen any ice on the SK Trail. Boom...a big fall but not very painful at the time.</p><p></p><p>But now it was beginning to bother me a little more and I thought I probably won't want to do any day hiking from Indian Garden as a base, so why not head out now. This first day of hiking was about 14 miles.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]267796[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>After a day of rest for my hip up on the rim, I applied again for a permit. This time I asked for South Kaibab Trailhead to Cotton Wood Campground (14 miles) overnight and then back up Bright Angel Trail to the top (16 miles) - about 30 miles in all.</p><p></p><p>I received this second permit one day later.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]267806[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]267785[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]267786[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Overlooking 2 hikers just before the Black Bridge.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]267787[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>Rafters on the Colorado River at a sandy beach.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]267788[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>tunnel just before the Black Bridge.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]267789[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>My new 2 pound, 2 person Big Agnes Tiger Wall 2 Carbon tent.</p><p></p><p>[ATTACH=full]267790[/ATTACH]</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Len Backus, post: 2175004, member: 1"] I hiked with my full backpack the nine or so miles to the Bright Angel junction near Indian Garden Campgrounds around noon and sat down for a rest and lunch break. I was ahead of schedule and starting to be bothered by my left hip which suffered in a pre-dawn slip and fall on some ice on the trail some hours earlier. I had not put on my Yaktrax because I hadn't yet seen any ice on the SK Trail. Boom...a big fall but not very painful at the time. But now it was beginning to bother me a little more and I thought I probably won't want to do any day hiking from Indian Garden as a base, so why not head out now. This first day of hiking was about 14 miles. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot_20210414-143839_AllTrails.jpg"]267796[/ATTACH] After a day of rest for my hip up on the rim, I applied again for a permit. This time I asked for South Kaibab Trailhead to Cotton Wood Campground (14 miles) overnight and then back up Bright Angel Trail to the top (16 miles) - about 30 miles in all. I received this second permit one day later. [ATTACH type="full" alt="Screenshot_20210414-144058_AllTrails.jpg"]267806[/ATTACH] [ATTACH type="full" alt="20210305_070304.jpg"]267785[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="20210305_071709.jpg"]267786[/ATTACH] Overlooking 2 hikers just before the Black Bridge. [ATTACH type="full" alt="20210305_094213.jpg"]267787[/ATTACH] Rafters on the Colorado River at a sandy beach. [ATTACH type="full" alt="20210305_102645.jpg"]267788[/ATTACH] tunnel just before the Black Bridge. [ATTACH type="full" alt="20210305_103047.jpg"]267789[/ATTACH] My new 2 pound, 2 person Big Agnes Tiger Wall 2 Carbon tent. [ATTACH type="full" alt="20210305_173539.jpg"]267790[/ATTACH] [/QUOTE]
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